Ammon – The Argentine authorities may have avoided the “theft of the century”, as they discovered on Thursday in San Isidro, a wealthy suburb north of the capital, Buenos Aires, a large tunnel extending around 220 meters were excavated towards the bank.
The tunnel, which was dug three meters deep underground, is equipped with a dense wooden frame, ventilation and electrical system, and ends a few meters away from the “Macro Bank,” according to the police.
The tunnel was discovered by chance, as the driver of a parked car heard a noise from the body of his car on Wednesday, before realizing it was the result of a metal rod sticking out between paving stones. the street.
The local public prosecutor’s office ordered investigations, which led to the discovery of the tunnel and its starting point, an abandoned barn 200 meters away, where a lot of filling and digging equipment was found.
The police did not announce that an arrest was made in the case on Thursday.
Investigators estimate that the tunnel took between 6 and 9 months to build, and described it as an “engineering feat,” “better than El Chapo Guzmán’s tunnel,” referring to the notorious drug lord’s tunnel. Mexico escape. prison in 2015.
The event brings to mind an event that the city of San Isidro itself saw in 2006, and was described as the “heist of the century,” when a group of thieves stole about $ 19 million from a bank, they saved it through a tunnel dug for more than a year to facilitate their escape, after simulating the capture far inside.
During this robbery, which was the subject of books, series and movies, the gang used fake weapons and left a note in the safe room that read: “In a wealthy neighborhood, without weapons or complaints, it’s just money without love.”
“AFP”
