article_snippet.sent: The Hole In The Ground Gang first struck in 1986, when The Hole In The Ground Gang tunneled underneath a First Interstate Bank located along famous Sunset Boulevard near Hollywood, in LA.
article_snippet.sent: The Ground Gang, believed to number around four or five, made a hole in the wall of a storm drain underneath LA's streets, before tunneling 100ft through the dirt, emerging underneath the bank vault.
article_snippet.sent: The Ground Gang then used concrete drills and saws to cut a 20ft-by-25ft hole in the floor of the bank vault, before clambering through and ransacking the safety deposit boxes.
article_snippet.sent: the raiders became known as the Hole
article_snippet.sent: It was only afterwards the officers discovered another tunnel underneath Union Federal Savings and Loan in Beverly Hills, suggesting The Ground Gang were attempting to hit two vaults at once.
article_snippet.sent: Andrew Royce, of Elmcrest Diamond Drilling, revealed that the equipment could easily be used to cut into a vault, as Andrew Royce firm is often tasked with converting former banks into hotels and housing.
highlights_snippet.sent: In The Ground Gang used drills to bore into vaults in 1986 and 87 .