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Naples Bank Heist: Hostages Freed as Tunnel Crew Vanishes Underground

New CCTV alongside tunnel forensics points to a weeks‑long, highly planned job now being retraced underground.

Overview

  • The Crédit Agricole branch in Naples, hit Thursday, saw 25 people held at gunpoint and freed before the robbers slipped out through a hole tied to the sewers.
  • Investigators are reviewing bank videos that show three suspects entering in work clothes and masks, with one bracing an exit door with a metal pole.
  • Police now confirm roughly 40 safety‑deposit boxes were forced open, with victims likely bound by insurance caps of about €52,000 per box as they document losses.
  • Teams with the city water utility Abc and a geologist mapped a hand‑dug, 12‑meter tunnel linked to the sewer network that experts say likely took weeks to prepare.
  • Detectives are pursuing forensic leads from a damaged generator and tools found underground and are also probing whether the thieves had inside help.