The article describes four daring heists:
1. A pharmacy robbery in Texas, where thieves broke into a safe and stole $1 million worth of medicine without being detected for over two hours.
2. A group of thieves stole several laptops and phones from an Apple store in California by using a technique that bypassed the store's security system.
3. A gang in Northern Ireland used an excavator to tear out an ATM from a gas station wall and escape with the machine.
4. Thieves stole a Tesla car in the UK by using a device that amplified the signal from the car owner's electronic key, allowing them to open and drive away the car.
Additionally, the article mentions two notable bank heists:
1. A group of Brazilian thieves tunneled into the Central Bank of Brazil and stole almost $70 million in 2005.
2. A group of elderly men in the UK drilled into the wall of a depository and stole £14 million in cash and jewelry in 2015.
These heists demonstrate the creativity and cunning of thieves, as well as the importance of security measures to prevent such crimes.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. On December 31, 2015, two masked men robbed a pharmacy in Texas, making off with over $1 million worth of expensive medicines.
2. The robbers spent over two hours inside the pharmacy without being detected.
3. They used a special device to drill into the safe and cough syrup to extinguish the emerging fire.
4. The safe was purchased by the pharmacy shortly before the incident for protection against robbery.
5. The manager of the pharmacy stated that robberies had happened to them several times before, but none were as carefully planned.
6. The robbers were never caught.
7. Four men stole laptops and phones from an Apple store in California, making off with equipment worth almost $30,000.
8. The thieves were detained by the local police shortly after the incident.
9. The robbers were connected to a series of similar thefts in other American Apple stores.
10. A group of thieves in Northern Ireland used an excavator to steal an ATM from a gas station.
11. The thieves took the ATM and placed it in a van, which they had also stolen.
12. Two thieves in the UK stole a Tesla car worth over $100,000 by using a transceiver to amplify the signal of the car's electronic key.
13. The thieves were able to open the car in under a minute and drive away.
14. A woman in the UK stole a plasma TV by hiding it under her dress.
15. Another woman in the UK stole expensive jewelry by hiding it under her skirt.
16. In 2005, a group of Brazilian thieves stole almost $70 million from the Central Bank of Brazil in Fortaleza.
17. The thieves dug an 80-meter tunnel to reach the bank's vault.
18. The thieves used equipment for cutting ceramics, wall saws with diamond blades, and jackhammers to break into the vault.
19. 36 people were convicted in connection with the crime, but only 27 were caught, and most of the stolen money was never recovered.
20. In 2015, a group of elderly men in the UK robbed a depository in London, making off with £14 million (over $18 million) in cash and jewelry.
21. The thieves drilled a hole in a 50-centimeter concrete wall using a heavy industrial drill.
22. The crime was committed during the Easter season, when financial institutions were on bank holidays.
23. The thieves were caught due to their lack of knowledge and ingenuity in covering their tracks.