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The 1976 Sewer Heist of a Nice Bank Vault

Original: Case 004: The Sewer Heist of Nice. 1976. A gang tunnels from the sewers into a bank vault, takes 46 million francs and w

In 1976, a gang in Nice, France tunnelled from the sewers into a bank vault and stole 46 million francs, leaving a message on the wall reading 'without weapons, without hatred, without violence'. The man who claimed to have planned the heist escaped by jumping from a judge's window and was never caught. The audacious, bloodless robbery and its missing mastermind are being retold again.

Why now: The daring, nonviolent nature of the heist and the escape of its alleged mastermind make it a captivating true-crime story

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• Case 004: The Sewer Heist of Nice. 1976. A gang tunnels from the sewers into a bank vault, takes 46 million francs and writes "without weapons, without hatred, without violence" on the wall. The man who claimed he planned it jumped out of a judge's window and was never caught.… · stickfigurecrimes

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