Thieves Dig Tunnel Under Kenyan Bank, Make Away With $482,000

Robbers in Kenya took a rather unconventional mode of gaining entrance into a bank by digging a tunnel and making away with cash to the tune of 50 million Kenyan shillings which is equivalent to $482,000.

Confirming the incident on Tuesday, the Kenyan Police said the incident happened at the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) branch in the industrial town of Thika, located north east of the country’s capital, Nairobi.

“They broke into two safes…it is believed they used oxy-acetylene flames to drill holes into them,” the Police said.

Reports say that the robbers who are still at large, had dug the tunnel which breaks off at a sewer line leading into the bank for a period of nothing less than six months.

Even though customers thronged the bank premises which had been cordoned off by police officers and investigators, the bank assured depositors that their money was safe as they could still transact their business using the internet or any other branch of the bank.

“There is no cause for alarm, customers seeking to transact can do so at any other KCB branch or access services through our mobile and internet banking platform,” the bank said in a statement.