A gang of robbers have dug their way into the vault of a Parisian bank and emptied almost 200 private safes, police said.
They entered the Credit Lyonnais branch near the opera house using building equipment to burn holes and shatter walls on Saturday night, reports say.
They tied up a security guard and spent the next nine hours robbing the bank before setting it on fire as they left.
The value of the stolen goods is still being estimated, police said.
One investigator described the heist at the Avenue de l’Opera branch as a “professional job”, French radio reported.
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