article_snippet.sent: The Criminal Investigation Bureau was tipped off about the group's audacious plan at the beginning of March and a task force was assigned to the case, reports People's Daily Online.
article_snippet.sent: police officers launched a sting operation four days later and five gang members were arrested - all of who confessed to plans to steal artefacts beneath the temple's famous Hua Pagoda.
article_snippet.sent: five gang members was just 20 metres away from breaching the temple's famous Hua Pagoda when five gang members were caught.
article_snippet.sent: Evidence of plan: Dozens of bags of earth dug up by five gang members during Dozens of bags of earth tunnelling were also found by police .
article_snippet.sent: Almost succeeded: five gang members had dug 50 metres towards the temple's famous Hua Pagoda and were just 20 metres away from breaching the temple's famous Hua Pagoda when five gang members were foiled by police .
article_snippet.sent: Five were arrested and three people are still on the run.
article_snippet.sent: Concealed: five gang members were able to hide five gang members construction equipment from the rented property's landlord for more than a month .
article_snippet.sent: Raided by police: Five men were arrested following a tip-off, but three of five gang members are now on the run .
highlights_snippet.sent: But before they could breach temple, police were tipped off about the heist .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: 5 men were arrested including Gang's leader, a well-known artefact thief .