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The Los Angeles Police Division is investigating a brazen break-in of a personal money vault.
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The FBI and Los Angeles Police Division are investigating one of many largest money heists within the metropolis’s historical past after as a lot as $30 million was stolen from a San Fernando Valley cash storage facility, a regulation enforcement supply briefed on the investigation advised CNN Thursday.
The housebreaking occurred on the night time of Easter Sunday at an unnamed facility in Sylmar, a suburban neighborhood within the San Fernando Valley, the place money from companies throughout the area is dealt with and saved, the supply stated.
The Los Angeles Occasions first reported the incident.
The FBI Los Angeles workplace advised CNN Thursday they're investigating “a large theft” within the San Fernando Valley and are working collectively with the LAPD, however wouldn't share every other particulars citing an ongoing investigation. The LAPD referred all remark to the FBI.
Burglars gained entry to the constructing and entered the vault with out setting off the alarms and investigators consider it's a subtle group primarily based on their capacity to evade detection, the supply stated. One space of focus for the investigation is whether or not the group had inside information of the ability, the supply stated.
In keeping with the Los Angeles Occasions, beforehand the biggest money heist within the metropolis occurred on September 12, 1997, when $18.9 million was stolen from the previous web site of the Dunbar Armored Inc. facility on Mateo Road. These suspects had been ultimately caught.
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