Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe FORTALEZA, Brazil, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A group of audacious Brazilian bank robbers managed to make off with almost $68 million from Brazil's Central Bank. Police in the northern city of Fortaleza said Monday they discovered a tunnel under the federal bank where the robbers entered the building and escaped with 156 million reals in local currency. Advertisement The heist is believed to be the biggest in Brazilian history. In a terse statement, Brazil's Central Bank said the thieves dug a tunnel nearly 700 feet long underground to reach the bank's vault. Witnesses told police they saw a group of men in a nearby home removing what appeared to be loads of sand every day from a home for the last three months, Agencia Estado reported.
