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Thieves Use Vacuum To Siphon Cash From Safes

Posted by samzenpus on from the gone-with-the-wind dept.

Tootech writes "A gang of thieves armed with a powerful vacuum cleaner that sucks cash from supermarket safes has struck for the fifteenth time in France. The burglars broke into their latest store near Paris and drilled a hole in the pneumatic tube that siphons money from the checkout to the strong-room. They then sucked rolls of cash totaling £60,000 from the safe without even having to break its lock. Police said the gang — dubbed the Vacuum Burglars — always raid Monoprix supermarkets and have hit 15 of the stores branches around Paris in the past four years. A spokesman added: 'They spotted a weakness in the company's security system and have been exploiting it ever since.'"

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  1. Similar to Mission Impossible by KDN · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Sounds like an episode from the old Mission Impossible TV series. They drilled a big hole in the bottom of a safe and then vacuumed all the money out. I've always wondered if this would really work (Sounds like a request to Myth Busters) But now I know.