Loading shovel used in ATM heist at Saitama convenience store
SAITAMA —
A loading shovel was used to steal 5 million yen from an ATM at a convenience store in Niiza City, Saitama Prefecture, early Friday, police said.
According to police, the loading shovel crashed through the windows of the store at 12:20 a.m. and rammed the ATM. Since the power supply was cut off by the attack, security cameras were unable to record the assault, police said.
Store staff and customers inside the shop told police that they were so shocked by the sudden attack they couldn’t do anything or even see how many thieves were involved. Police said the loading shovel had been reported stolen.
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realist
This has happened before in Japan, many times, and these sort of crimes will probably increase as the economic situation worsens . . .
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Lieutenant
Niiza huh. That's awfully close to Tokyo. Maybe they should have travelled a little bit further and they would have found something to do on Thursday nights.
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WilliB
Saitama is back! I was worried already.
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franz75
Hahaha! No 30km/h pursuit after that?
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electric2004
Security cameras and no UPS (Uninteruptible Power Supply). Saving some money at first gives disappointment later on.
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thepro
haha and they just did it while there were customers in the store. nobody saw nothing.
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Altria
Saitama shovellers stun shell-shocked Sunkus staff!
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Lieutenant
Police peruse post-crime premises poorly proving payday punks proliferate.
Sorry, I'm doing the best I can.
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raaaar
The staff/customers remind me of Randy from the recent episode of South Park....
"OH MY GOD....I AM SOOOO STARTLED!"
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meanmutha
Local gang bangers and unemployment is on the rise. Pretty good knock over, this one. Sadly this is the start of more.
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Proffessor
This is a joke! How many minutes did the whole oparation take? And they managed to get away with? Mmm....
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raaaar
At a guess, less than 60seconds... with a loading shovel you could smash through a window and have the atm off the wall in one move - those things are ridiculously powerful!
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ptolemy
Thats digging your way to the jackpot. Creative, very creative.
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BBLeo
Hold on! What are cops doing this time? They suppose to guard ATM's. Few days back there were thousands around machines, and now are they all in hiding? ATM's should be under police protection 24hrs per day. 'ASSAULT ATM WITH A SHOVEL WHAT A GOOD IDEA.' Was security camera working, or was at 'tea' break?
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raaaar
It was a loading shovel, there are several tons of difference haha
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Disillusioned
So, it seems the Japanese crims are catching up with the rest of the world and updating their techniques to include ram-raiding. I'd guess it must be pretty easy knowing all the cops are out checking bicycle registrations and helping old ladies withdraw money from their ATM accounts. Bit of a shame there were no cops at this ATM, isn't it? I wonder when the police force will actually update to include police work?
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usaexpat
Bring out the heavy equipment eh? I guess that's better than trying to muscle the ATM into a truck. In the US when they had free satnding atms at banks, crooks used to just tow them away with a car.
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buffalo
10 outa 10 for a solid effort! as long as nobody is messed up there should be more of this movie style smash and grab. Gives the dull boring jnews a boost.
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marvenp
My question is how did they get the money out of the ATM? I can understand stealing the machine but aren't those things supposed to be unbreakable?
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