Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Tunnel thieves foiled

An amazing plot to raid a Manchester cashpoint machine from underground has been foiled - after workmen stumbled on a 20-metre tunnel.

The elaborate plan by the crooks - dubbed the `Mole Gang' - was unearthed by workmen laying electric cables at a building site close to Fallowfield Retail Park.

They uncovered the complex tunnel, which had been dug out from a nearby railway embankment and was heading towards the ATM at a nearby Blockbuster Video store.

The `Great Escape'- type tunnel had been reinforced with scaffolding and electric lighting had been installed. Inside it were tools, shovels, a wheelbarrow and bags of soil.

Police believe the would-be-raiders must have been digging the tunnel for weeks. It is not known how they disposed of the soil.

The tunnel has now been filled in with cement.

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