Thieves for stealing 30 million dollars from a private vault in Los Angeles, the police in the city announced yesterday, quoted by the Associated Press. The theft took place on Easter night at an unnamed facility in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley, where cash from businesses throughout the region is stored, Los Angeles Police Department Commander Elaine Morales told the Los Angeles Times. BTA.
The thieves were able to break into the building where the vault was located, Morales said. Managers of the facility, who police did not identify, only discovered the massive theft on Monday when they opened the vault.
According to "Los Angeles Times" the break-in is among the largest cash thefts in Los Angeles history, and the total exceeds the sum total of all salvage car robberies in the city.