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Source by : Sky News Hub
31 December 2025, 01:00, UK
Thieves drill into German bank vault to steal valuables worth tens of millions of euros
The gang took advantage of the Christmas holidays and got into the building through a next door parking garage.
Thieves drilled into the bank vault. Pic: Gelsenkirchen police
Thieves have drilled into a German savings bank vault to steal millions of pounds worth of valuables from safety deposit boxes.
Police said the gang took advantage of the Christmas holidays to carry out the heist in the western city of Gelsenkirchen and got into the building through a next door parking garage.
Witnesses saw several men carrying large bags in the stairwell of the garage overnight on Saturday, while CCTV footage – which has not been released – captured a black Audi RS 6 leaving early on Monday morning.
A picture taken inside the ransacked bank vault shows a circular hole drilled through a thick wall with items strewn across the floor.
The thieves broke into thousands of safe deposit boxes, with initial estimates placing the value of the raid between 10 and 90 million euros, according to police spokesperson Thomas Nowaczyk.
A fire alarm was triggered at the bank on Saturday and police and firefighters arrived at around 6.15am but found no evidence of damage, with the break-in not discovered until Monday morning.
Potential victims of the raid gathered outside the Sparkasse bank on Tuesday morning, but the doors remained locked and police told them to go home, according to local media reports.
A statement on the bank’s website said the branch would remain closed, with details for a hotline for affected customers.
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