Thieves in Germany drilled into a bank vault, stealing tens of millions in valuables

Thieves broke into the vault of one branch of Germany's Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen.

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• Thieves stole valuables worth at least $36 million from a German bank vault.
• Over 3,000 safe deposit boxes were breached at Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen in Buer.
• Police say the holiday heist was a professional job.

Thieves broke into a German bank vault over Christmas weekend, making off with tens of millions of dollars of valuables from over 3,000 safe deposit boxes...