The police of Los Angeles and the FBI They investigate a daring robbery of almost 30 million dollars after thieves apparently entered through the roof of an institution to save cash and broke a safe.
David Cuellar, of the police The Angels, He said the robbery, one of the largest cash robberies in the city's history, occurred on Easter Sunday in Sylmar, a northern suburb.
Los Angeles Timesciting a source with access to the investigation, published that the thieves andThey entered through the roof to access the building's vault and evaded the alarm system.
The elaborate and complex theft appears to be the work of an experienced team, and was discovered Monday when building staff opened the vault, the newspaper reported.
“It's so impressive that you would never suspect it would happen,” said an employee of the institution to ABC News.
“30 million in the valley missing. How? Why? I'm still trying to process it. Was it an inside job? Was it just one person? A group? There are a lot of questions.”
Although the crime is reminiscent of Hollywood hits like “The Big Hustle,” It is another in a series of sophisticated real-life robberies recorded in the region over years.
Two years ago, Thieves stole $100 million worth of jewelry from a truck parked at a highway stop on their way to a gem and jewelry exhibition in Los Angeles.
In July, a man punched a hole in the roof of an expensive wine store near Venice Beach and made off with about $600,000 worth of vintage bottles.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the city's biggest cash heist occurred in 1997, when $18.9 million was stolen from a warehouse. That time, the thieves were caught.
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