Beja: ATM gang busts in supermarket and took 40 thousand euros.
An ATM was burglarized yesterday at Pingo Doce supermarket, in the city center of Beja, from where a gang took about 40 thousand euros a machine that had been charged on Monday afternoon.
To 04,24 hours, a group of three individuals, out of a black BMW car, and with a sledgehammer of the elements left the shop window glass. The same man entered the store and with the use of a gas cylinder, He broke the two ATM machines supermarket.
The two explosions ripped the safe door of one of the machines from which it was taken all the money, while in the other it is broken out only the top, where it is installed the computer system, not having the assigned safe.
A witness who lives in a building opposite the supermarket, He witnessed the whole assault and anonymity, for fear of reprisals, "I made the film" to Lidador News (LN). "With a sledgehammer broke the glass and entered one. In the shop were three maids who fled in fear. It was a working professional. One of them shouted, "Behind the other box and walk". It was all very fast", justified.
With the explosion, the alarm was activated supermarket with the insurance company, who warned the PSP Beja and Police officers Intervention and Picket, They attended on site, but no longer found burglars.
Inspectors of the PJ of Faro Board were on site to collect evidence and hear witnesses. The Territorial Beja GNR command set up on the roads of the district an operation of "manhunt" and seeks to assault vehicle, the authorities believe to have been stolen.
Cerca the 11,30 hours yesterday, Esegur employees came to the supermarket to load the other box, when they were surprised by the assault.
This was the first assault with the gas resource in a cash machine in the town of Beja.
Given the "modus operandi" and recent burglary by blasting method using the introduction of gas, occurred in Alcochete, namely, last day 30 of December, where "an ATM box on Agricultural Credit, wherein burglars, using a black car, They managed to escape with the cash drawers ", the authorities that they can deal with a gang originating the call Greater Lisbon.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
