Unbelievably, the crime came a mere four and a half years after police uncovered a duplicate plot. In 2007, a workman accidentally uncovered an almost identical tunnel –following the same trajectory from the embankment to the ATM – before the crime could be committed. The tunnel was sealed off with concrete to prevent anyone from using it in the future.

The new tunnel, which was 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall, was only yards away from the old one and is though to have been dug during the night.