"Robbers stole items worth up to $105bn from safe-deposit boxes held at a German retail bank in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia state, during the Christmas holiday, German police said on Tuesday. The German news agency dpa reported that it may rank among the biggest thefts in the country's history. The thieves broke into a branch of Sparkasse bank in the city of Gelsenkirchen, in North Rhine-Westphalia state, from an adjacent parking garage, according to the police, at some point when businesses were closed for the Christmas holiday."
"Using a large drill, the thieves bore through a thick concrete wall of the bank and gained access to an underground vault room. Then, they forced open some 3,000 safe deposit boxes, before making off with cash, gold and jewellery. A police spokesperson likened the break-in to the movie, Ocean's Eleven, and described it as very professionally executed, according to the AFP news agency."
Unknown perpetrators drilled through a concrete wall from an adjacent parking garage to access an underground vault at a Sparkasse branch in Gelsenkirchen during the Christmas holiday. They forced open more than 3,000 safe-deposit boxes and stole cash, gold and jewellery, with over 95 percent of 3,250 boxes compromised. Investigators estimate losses between €10 million and €90 million, while the average insured value per box exceeds €10,000 and some victims report much higher values. Police were alerted by a fire alarm, described the operation as professionally executed, and the robbers remain at large while customers express outrage.
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