Hole in the Wall Gang ??

fryup · 10-04-2019 5:22pm #1

Who's carrying out all those atm smash n'grabs in the north?? or is that a silly question..as its obvious?

Since December, thieves have stolen 11 cash machines from businesses in Northern Ireland and in counties Monaghan and Cavan.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0409/1041520-atm-robberies/

touts · 10-04-2019 5:23pm

fryup wrote: »

Who's carrying out all those atm smash n'grabs in the north?? or is that a silly question..as its obvious?

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0409/1041520-atm-robberies/

"They haven't gone away you know".

Atlantic Dawn · 10-04-2019 5:24pm

Perhaps the builders leaving the plant machinery unsecured near the location of each ATM should be the first suspects.

kneemos · 10-04-2019 5:43pm

Some neck in fairness. Steal a digger,and a low loader,and probably a Jeep and trailer for each job.

zapitastas · 10-04-2019 5:48pm

fryup wrote: »

Who's carrying out all those atm smash n'grabs in the north?? or is that a silly question..as its obvious?

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0409/1041520-atm-robberies/

It has been going in for years in border counties. Why can't the banks increase security or fit dye packs that destroy the cash. The cost of doing that must exceed what is stolen

Vincent Vega · 10-04-2019 6:16pm

Jet Black · 10-04-2019 6:28pm

zapitastas wrote: »

It has been going in for years in border counties. Why can't the banks increase security or fit dye packs that destroy the cash. The cost of doing that must exceed what is stolen

Doesn't cost much. The cash is insured so they don't bother. When they are installed they come with standard cassettes with no locks or dye packs and they never get changed.

kneemos · 10-04-2019 6:32pm

Jet Black wrote: »

Doesn't cost much. The cash is insured so they don't bother. When they are installed they come with standard cassettes with no locks or dye packs and they never get changed.

There's something illogical about insuring money.

McMurphy · 10-04-2019 6:54pm

zapitastas wrote: »

It has been going in for years in border counties. Why can't the banks increase security or fit dye packs that destroy the cash. The cost of doing that must exceed what is stolen

Already fitted, but the boobytrap system on them is far from fool proof, and can be easily, very easily bypassed - and don't ask me how I know that, I just do, right.

Noveight · 10-04-2019 6:56pm

Tiocfaidh ár digger.

rgodard80a · 10-04-2019 6:58pm

fryup wrote: »

Who's carrying out all those atm smash n'grabs in the north?? or is that a silly question..as its obvious?

Can't tell, they were wearing balaclavas.

Odyssey 2005 · 10-04-2019 7:17pm

I'll go to another one so.!

Edgware · 10-04-2019 9:15pm

Why not just withdraw use of the A.T.M.s for a few months. Let the innocent suffer as usual

fryup · 10-04-2019 10:02pm

zapitastas wrote: »

It has been going on for years in border counties. Why can't the banks increase security or fit dye packs that destroy the cash. The cost of doing that must exceed what is stolen

the price of peace?

turn a blind eye let them do what they want...don't rock the boat??

is that the way it is on the border ?

McMurphy · 10-04-2019 10:28pm

Edgware wrote: »

Why not just withdraw use of the A.T.M.s for a few months. Let the innocent suffer as usual

Ala M.U.P.

TomSweeney · 10-04-2019 10:35pm

Fair play to them, if we had any heart we'd all be out stealing for a living, everyone else does it .

frosty123 · 11-04-2019 12:19pm

^^^^^

I don't

For Forks Sake · 11-04-2019 12:27pm

fryup wrote: »

Who's carrying out all those atm smash n'grabs in the north?? or is that a silly question..as its obvious?

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0409/1041520-atm-robberies/

I believe the term is "Good Republicans"

fryup · 11-04-2019 1:51pm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

as long as they don't kill people?

ToBeFrank123 · 11-04-2019 2:00pm

Why on earth is there not simple tracking devices embedded in all these ATMs? Even cheap smartphones can be tracked.

It would at least make the raiders think twice if they thought they could be tracked.

We are talking keystone cops at this stage, the fact the PSNI hasn't managed to recover any of the ATMs.

fryup · 11-04-2019 6:08pm

^^^^^^^^^^^^

well we are talking about the same country that let the provos stroll away with 10 million..remember the northern bank years back?

OOnegative · 11-04-2019 6:13pm

https://www.thesun.ie/archives/irish-news/6078/atm-ram-raid-yob-in-cop-car/

Might know something.

Harry Palmr · 11-04-2019 6:16pm

I dunno why ATMs are not installed with a few "feck you" sized bollards planted in concrete in front of them.

Force Carrier · 11-04-2019 6:18pm

ToBeFrank123 wrote: »

Why on earth is there not simple tracking devices embedded in all these ATMs? Even cheap smartphones can be tracked. .

Wrap your smartphone in a few layers of aluminium foil and see how well you can track it.

freshpopcorn · 11-04-2019 6:21pm

If we were in the early 2010's now they'd work this into a story for Love/Hate!

RobbingBandit · 11-04-2019 6:31pm

My hats off to them true artists...

McMurphy · 11-04-2019 6:46pm

Hate being stuck in a queue for the ATM. :mad:

Harry Palmr · 16-04-2019 6:23pm

Anyone else suspect a link between all these bits of plant machinery being left within easy distance of an ATM machine and those who are robbing same?

mickdw · 16-04-2019 6:31pm

Possibly but if you were to look around any town you would likely find a digger within 5 mins drive of any atm.
Older diggers were not too fussy re keys either.
You would imagine police would have to have some intelligence on this at this stage though so tha that is where my questions would be focused.

buried · 16-04-2019 6:36pm

These boyos will have the old school banks with the actual human being bank tellers behind the desks back in no time at all at all

Effects · 16-04-2019 6:37pm

zapitastas wrote: »

Why can't the banks increase security or fit dye packs that destroy the cash.

Someone mentioned that they freeze the whole unit to render the dye packs useless.

Hole in the Wall Gang ??

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