Thieves Use Vacuum To Siphon Cash From Safes

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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Re:beautifully done :)

[Atrox Canis]

You may be on to something. And if you factor in the time to contract union labor in France, the limited available work hours due to union demands and the compensation requirements for said limited work hours. The store management may be secretly thanking the thieves for saving them money because of tax write-offs.