Cops duped in ATM robbery

[gregmcc]

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/cops-duped-in-atm-robbery-1.1292888

An ATM robbery in Norwood on Wednesday could have been foiled, but the thieves managed to convince a passing police car that they were refilling the cash machine rather than emptying it.

Major fail!

 

[grok]

At 2am? Not the cleverest cops hey.

 

[SpiderMonkey]

At 2am? Not the cleverest cops hey.

No comment

 

[Fudzy]

I wonder if it was an inside job given that the machines/safes weren't damaged. Sounds like something out of Oceans 11

 

[Creag]

Shows the lack of training if it was that easy to dupe the policeman. Crazy.

 

[Fudzy]

Shows the lack of training if it was that easy to dupe the policeman. Crazy.

Do ATMs not get refilled during the night? They should've reported it in any case though I'm not sure what good that would've done? Unless they phoned Fidelity rather than the station.

 

[Creag]

Do ATMs not get refilled during the night? They should've reported it in any case though I'm not sure what good that would've done? Unless they phoned Fidelity rather than the station.

Also, do they not usually get filed from inside a strongroom of sorts?

 

[ToAsTeD]

lol epic fail!

 

[HideInLight]

Can't really blame the cops for this one:

a. They were in a security van.
b. no forced entry into the cash machine’s vaults. They found the safes left wide open and unbroken.
c. Do they operate at midnight, not many no that answer.

Although...
Wouldn't such a person where uniform and carry a big ass gun?