Thieves steal €30 million in German bank heist, police say

Burglars have stolen an estimated €30 million in cash, gold and jewellery from a bank vault in the German city of Gelsenkirchen, according to police.

The break-in, described by investigators as highly professional, involved drilling through a concrete wall from an underground car park into the secure storage area of a Sparkasse bank branch.

More than 3,000 safe-deposit boxes were forced open.