Thieves slide out ATM on watermelon rinds!

January 11, 2012

A gang of thieves entered a store in Colombia's Barranquilla city and, after subduing a security guard, used watermelon rinds to slide an ATM machine out of the door, police said.

The thieves, numbering at least ten, managed to empty the ATM of its cash and later abandoned it.

Police managed to arrest seven of the alleged thieves, who were in possession of 60 million pesos (around $30,000). Read more