The FBI and police are looking into a brazen theft of about $30 million in cash after it appears that robbers opened a safe and broke through the top of a money storage facility in Los Angeles .
The crime, which happened on Easter Sunday in the northern neighbourhood of Sylmar, is one of the biggest cash thefts in the history of the city, according to David Cuellar of the Los Angeles Police Department.
According to a source familiar with the inquiry, The Los Angeles Times, the robbers managed to get past a sophisticated security system by breaking through a roof and into the building’s vault.
Staff members opened the vault on Monday, which is when the sophisticated and intricate heist was uncovered, according to the newspaper. It seemed to be the work of an experienced group.
“It’s just mind blowing that you would never suspect it,” an anonymous employee of the facility told ABC News.
“$30 million in the Valley, gone. How? Why? I’m still trying to process it. Was it an inside job? Was it just one person? Was it a group? You know, there’s a lot of questions.”
Two years ago, thieves made off with up to $100 million in jewels from a truck parked at a highway rest stop on route to a gem and jewelry show in Los Angeles.
