They were caught digging tunnels under the streets in the city centre.
South Korean police have arrested six people for carrying out a robbery spree in Cheonan city, South Chungcheong province.
Daejeon Metropolitan Police reportedly arrested three suspects and three accomplices for digging a secret tunnel to steal oil from a public pipeline on September 5. The perpetrators rented a two-story warehouse in Cheonan in February and spent the past four months digging a tunnel underneath.
To hide their true plan, the suspects converted the warehouse into a logistics center and began digging from inside a room disguised as a cold storage room. The group also planned to sell the stolen oil. They had already rented a gas station where the oil was supposed to be stored and sold.
Investigators believe that the mastermind behind this plan was one of the suspects, a 55-year-old ex-convict who was recently released from prison for a similar crime. It is possible that he recruited all the accomplices, including a technician to install the equipment needed to steal the oil, a site manager, a money manager and a tunnel digger.
They dug the tunnel 4 meters underground, 75 centimeters wide, 90 centimeters high and 16.8 meters wide. When the police discovered the crime scene, they were only 9 meters away from reaching the target pipeline. This absurd robbery was discovered after the police received a tip-off.
According to a police official, the tunnel was located directly under a four-lane road in a densely populated area, creating a significant risk of ground collapse. However, the tunnel has now been fully restored, eliminating any further threat to civilian life or infrastructure.
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