Detectives in Antwerp have been scouring the sewage pipes under the Belgian city for clues after burglars apparently used them to break into a bank before fleeing without trace. An initial investigation suggests the thieves started out in a building opposite the BNP Paribas Fortis bank in the early hours of Sunday morning. Willem Migom, a spokesman for Antwerp police, said: “A tunnel to the sewer system has been found. A number of the bank’s vaults are said to have been opened. The newspaper likened the crime to the infamous 1976 Ocean’s Eleven-style bank robbery when 13 robbers used the sewers to break into the vaults of the Société Générale bank in central Nice.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2019 19:18 UTC