Thieves dig hi-tech tunnel to bank vault

17 January 2013 Last updated at 23:38 ET Help

Pictures have emerged of a tunnel that was built by thieves to break into a bank in Berlin earlier this week.

Police believe the sophisticated tunnel would have taken months to build using heavy machinery. However no-one noticed until it was too late.

Lucas de Jong reports.

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