Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A group of thieves in Malaysia tied a rope to an automated teller machine, attached it to a truck and yanked it out, only to find it contained no cash. New Straits News and Sky News reported on the botched robbery, in which the thieves attempted to flee empty-handed after the machine fell, setting off the alarm. Advertisement The men reportedly broke into a bank in the northern town of Bukit Mertajam. They did not realize until after the break-in that the ATM was used to deposit checks only, and did not have cash. A security guard who had been asleep was awoken by the alarm sounding. Several similar attempts to steal ATMs have been reported recently.
