Thieves used a large drill to break into a safe at a high street bank branch in western Germany and steal an estimated €30m (£26m; $35m) in cash and valuables, police have said.
A police spokesman likened the break-in to the Hollywood heist film Ocean’s Eleven, telling AFP news agency it was “very professionally executed”.
During the heist at Sparkasse savings bank in the city of Gelsenkirchen, thieves broke open more than 3,000 safe deposit boxes containing money, gold and jewellery.
Gelsenkirchen Police said they became aware of the crime after a fire alarm was set off in the early hours of Monday morning.
Sparkasse? I got no sympathy for anyone who puts their valuables in the “Light Your Farts On Fire Bank?”
