{"id":32127,"date":"2022-02-23T17:02:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=32127"},"modified":"2022-02-23T17:08:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:08:12","slug":"digging-an-8-m-deep-hole-how-did-robbers-plan-a-failed-bank-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/digging-an-8-m-deep-hole-how-did-robbers-plan-a-failed-bank-heist\/","title":{"rendered":"How did robbers plan a failed bank heist in Tirana?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to rob a bank in Tirana were stopped dead in their tracks after police answered a call for help by the bank&#8217;s clerks.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the robbers haven\u2019t been identified yet, fortunately, their attempts were stopped before causing any damage.<\/p>\n<p>However, this wouldn\u2019t be the first time that banks become a target of larceners in Albania.<\/p>\n<p>In the past 7 years, at least 6 sophisticated bank robberies have been registered in Tirana, where robbers were able to steal a staggering total sum of around 14 million euros.<\/p>\n<p>The bank\u2019s personnel was able to identify several marks in the bank\u2019s flooring, at which point they immediately contacted authorities. This was the first step that would help police uncover a master plan to rob a bank located at Blvd. Zogu I in downtown Tirana.<\/p>\n<p>Robbers had planned to enter the bank by digging an underground tunnel through the city\u2019s sewage tunnels that went 8 meters deep into the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The distance from the tunnels to the projected bank entrance was 270 meters.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators still haven\u2019t been able to find out how long robbers had been working on this tunnel but they did find out that robbers had been camouflaging themselves by dressing up as construction workers.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence found on the scene and security cameras in the surrounding area are expected to shed some light on the case.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2015, a total of 6 organized second-level bank robberies were registered in Tirana. The most infamous one took place on April 9, 2019, at the Rinas Airport where a total of 4.6 million euros ended up being stolen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/22\/exclusive-police-uncover-plan-to-rob-a-bank-in-tirana-through-underground-tunnels\/\">Exclusive | Police thwart attempted Tirana bank heist through sewer tunnels<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2020\/11\/20\/police-searching-for-suspects-after-bank-robbery-in-pristina\/\">Police searching for suspects after bank robbery in Pristina<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/unpublished\/2021\/05\/21\/unpublished-one-business-robbed-per-day-in-albania-12-of-crimes-are-thefts\/\">Unpublished | One business robbed per day, in Albania. 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However, this wouldn\u2019t be the first time that banks become a target of larceners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":32128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[557,753,151,754,732,323],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How did robbers plan a failed bank heist in Tirana? - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/digging-an-8-m-deep-hole-how-did-robbers-plan-a-failed-bank-heist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How did robbers plan a failed bank heist in Tirana? - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Plans to rob a bank in Tirana were stopped dead in their tracks after police answered a call for help by the bank&#8217;s clerks. 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