Thieves in Los Angeles pulled off the largest cash heist in the city’s history on Easter Sunday, making out with $30 million.
The robbery took place at an unnamed San Fernando Valley money storage unit, according to L.A. Police Department Cmdr. Elaine Morales.
The burglars were able to breach the building as well as the safe, without causing any damage to the safe. Business operators did not discover the theft until opening the vault on Monday.
Sources familiar with the case say the robbers broke through the roof of the city without setting off any alarms. Authorities say the heist was conducted by a seasoned group of burglars equipped with the skill to gain entry to a secure facility unnoticed.
Only a few individuals would have known that the facility was safeguarding that sum of cash.
A spokesman from the FBI said on Wednesday that the agency and LAPD were conducting an investigation.
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The largest prior cash heist in the city occurred on September 12, 1997, with thieves making out with $18.9 million. Those thieves eventually were caught.
Sunday’s burglary comes nearly two years after thieves robbed a Brink’s tractor-trailer of $100 million in jewelry and gems at 3 a.m. Those thieves were never caught.
