A rare event occurred this Monday morning in Toulouse. A bank branch was robbed in the Izards district. The criminals stole more than 470,000 euros, a sum which had been deposited in the bank a few minutes before the attack by cash couriers.
This is a news item that has become very rare, due to the reinforced security within banks. And yet, criminals managed to rob a bank in the Izards district of Toulouse this Monday morning with explosives.
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470,500 euros were stolen
According to information from Europe 1, it was 6:30 a.m. when the police were called to the sound of an explosion at the Poste des Izards. On site, they noticed that the secure SAS for depositing cash was completely destroyed. According to the first elements of the investigation, cash conveyors from the Loomis company deposited a large sum of money a few minutes earlier before an explosion seriously damaged part of the room where the money was stored.
In total, 470,500 euros were stolen, corresponding to the sum deposited a few moments earlier. No one was injured. An investigation was entrusted to the organized and specialized crime division (DCOS) of Haute-Garonne.
