Thieves have drilled into a German savings bank vault to steal millions of pounds worth of valuables from safety deposit boxes. <\/p>\n
Police<\/a> said the gang took advantage of the Christmas holidays to carry out the heist in the western city of Gelsenkirchen and got into the building through a next door parking garage.<\/p>\n Witnesses saw several men carrying large bags in the stairwell of the garage overnight on Saturday, while CCTV <\/a>footage – which has not been released – captured a black Audi RS 6 leaving early on Monday morning.<\/p>\n Masked suspects, including one who operated the exit barrier, were seen inside the vehicle, which had been stolen in Hanover, around 150 miles away, according to police.<\/p>\n A picture taken inside the ransacked bank vault shows a circular hole drilled through a thick wall with items strewn across the floor.<\/p>\n Police said the thieves broke into thousands of safe deposit boxes with initial estimates placing the value of the raid at tens of millions of euros.<\/p>\n A fire alarm was triggered at the bank on Saturday and police and firefighters arrived at around 6.15am but found no evidence of damage, with the break-in not discovered until Monday morning.<\/p>\n Potential victims of the raid gathered outside the Sparkasse bank on Tuesday morning, but the doors remained locked and police told them to go home, according to local media reports.<\/p>\n Read more from Sky News: A statement on the bank’s website said the branch would remain closed, with details for a hotline for affected customers.<\/p>\n
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