article_snippet.sent: During the Berlin theft, robbers are believed to have spent several weeks tunnelling 100ft underground, before drilling through 3ft of concrete walls to break into a bank's strongroom.
article_snippet.sent: It came after the raiders broke into the building on the second floor, disabling the lift before lowering robbers in London down the shaft and breaking into the basement.
article_snippet.sent: In London, there was no sign of a forced entry through the fire exit door into the company's premises, indicating they had a key or that someone had let they in from the inside.
article_snippet.sent: And in Berlin, police said the thieves had expert knowledge of the layout of the vaults, reiterated by the time the thieves were afforded to create the thieves all-important tunnel.
article_snippet.sent: Police later released this photo which Police say is one of the suspects in the Berlin tunnel bank robbery .
article_snippet.sent: The tunnel was not discovered until 6am on the Monday morning when the robbers set fire to the impressive tunnel which breached one of the bank's walls.
article_snippet.sent: The tunnel was not discovered until 6am on Monday morning when the robbers set fire to the impressive tunnel which breached one of the bank's walls the bank's walls .
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, in Berlin, police believe the robbers may have spent weeks digging The tunnel after renting a nearby lock-up garage under a false name, which the robbers used to gain access to the strongroom.
article_snippet.sent: One of the theories behind the London jewel heist is that a member of the gang had rented a space within the premises.
article_snippet.sent: Robbers are believed to have spent several weeks tunnelling 100ft underground and through 3ft of concrete walls to break into a bank's strong room .
article_snippet.sent: Police believe Robbers may have spent weeks digging the tunnel after renting a nearby lock-up garage under a false name, which Robbers used to gain access .
article_snippet.sent: The novel was based on real-life bank robbers dubbed 'The Hole In The Ground Gang' who struck three vaults in LA in 1986 and 1987, and were never caught.
article_snippet.sent: In the 1986 robbery, The Ground Gang' who struck three vaults in LA in 1986 and 1987, and were never caught tunneled into a bank vault over a long weekend, triggering alarms on the Friday that were not investigated, before raiding safety deposit boxes stored inside three vaults.