mo4ch:>Like a can: Burglars use 2 excavators to rip open van with $2.3mn | Mo4ch News

In what apparently was a thoroughly planned and meticulously executed robbery plot, a group of masked criminals in Italy used two diggers to pry open a van full of cash and escape, blocking the road with burning trucks.The incident, more suitable for a Hollywood action movie than an actual police report, took place on Wednesday as the van carrying $2.3 worth of pensions to the southern Italian city of Matera was stopped by masked men.It was reported that the gang members were armed with machine guns, but no shots were fired. Instead of making the accompanying guards open the truck, the thieves took matters in their own hands. They blocked the road with two trucks, setting them alight, and used two giant shovels to peel the van of its outer layer to get to the money.As soon as they completed the heist, the men jumped into a car waiting for them nearby and shot away with the money plundered from the pensioners.The circumstances of the crime indicate that it took the robbers much time an…