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Thieves tunnel into bank to steal US$65m
BRASILIA: Thieves have tunnelled into a Brazilian Central Bank vault and stolen at least US$65 million, officials said on Monday (local time).
Thieves penetrated the Banco Central branch in the northeastern city of Fortaleza over the weekend after digging an 80-metre tunnel, the bank said in a statement. They carted out 13.5 tons of bank notes without setting off alarms, police said. "There were movement sensors in the safe and security cameras, which were not activated," police said. Police said the thieves appeared to have made off with at least US$65 million. Banco Central said the robbers opened five containers of 50-real notes, each worth US$21. The robbers operated from a nearby house where they created a fictitious
gardening company, which allowed them to get rid of earth they dug without
raising suspicion, police said. The tunnel was four metres underground.
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