""I would definitely say this is quite spectacular," said Thomas Nowaczyk, a spokesman for the local police, in translated remarks. "I have never heard of any similar case, except on TV.""
""Unfortunately, you must assume that your box has also been broken into," Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen said on its website. "More than 95% of the customer safe deposit boxes were forced upon by the as-yet-unknown perpetrators.""
""The hole that can now be seen also indicates that a very large special tool was used. Accordingly, it must have taken longer and was certainly not a spontaneous action," Nowaczyk said."
""I fear my mother's gold coin is gone. She passed away in 1988. My grandmother's gold bracelets, which I hoped would secure my daughter's future," a woman told DW News, which translated her remarks to English."
Thieves broke into a Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen branch vault in Buer over the Christmas weekend, breaching a door and drilling through the concrete vault wall to reach safe deposit boxes. More than 3,000 customer boxes were forced, with insured valuables totaling at least €31 million (about $36 million) and potential additional losses for items beyond insurance limits. Authorities described the operation as professional, citing use of a very large special tool and that the action was not spontaneous. An early Monday fire alarm drew responders, dozens of angry customers gathered, and a criminologist noted reduced holiday security vigilance.
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