The two feet by two feet wide tunnel led to a nearby Chase Bank location but did not make its way underneath the branch.
A bank heist may have collapsed on itself when a Florida repair crew tending to a sinkhole discovered it was actually an underground tunnel leading to a Chase branch, the FBI said.
The tunnel was found Tuesday night in Pembroke Pines after city workers discovered an underground passage with a power cord running through it, FBI Special Agent Michael Leverock said Wednesday.
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The two feet by two feet wide tunnel led to a nearby Chase Bank location but did not make its way underneath the branch.
“The FBI was called given this is a possible bank burglary,” Leverock said. “We traced the hole from the wood line approximately 50 yards until it hits the bank.”
Authorities found a winch, a device to pull rope, that was used to bring in a small wagon inside the tunnel, Leverock said. There was also a pickaxe and a small generator in the passage.
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An elaborate apparent bank heist has been foiled when a repair crew tending to a sinkhole discovered it was actually an underground tunnel leading to a Chase bank branch in Florida, the FBI says. https://t.co/FmugYwncya pic.twitter.com/pN1lwX1Wvj
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