An unprecedented fact in South Florida: thieves have dug a tunnel to rob a bank

The police Pembroke Pines (South Florida) went to investigate what looked like a pothole or gulf and discovered a mysterious tunnel that leads to a bank this could have been dug with the intention of stealing it.

At present, the FBI (investigative police) is in charge of the investigation in order to find the author or the authors of the excavations, as reported by the local channel 10.

"It's something that has never been seen, we're already a little" El Chapo "said a neighbor referring to the tunnels of the drug lord.

"Certainly (the tunnel) was going to the bank"Michael Leverock, FBI special agent posted to South Florida, added that the diameter of the hole measured between 2 and 3 feet Telemundo 51 Miami.

"I only saw it in the movies. The hole is very well designed and it's very special, "said the FBI agent.

The tunnel, which leaves from a wooded area near the bank's site, was discovered by police officers who were called by the staff of a shopping center when they realized that there was a hole in the sidewalk of one of the streets to which the establishment gave.

"It's a very small hole, very claustrophobic (…) I can not imagine how they did it, "Leverock said at a press conference.

Through the breach, they discovered the existence of the tunnel and inside were boots, tools and an electricity generator, NBC6 channel said.

With the help of a remote-controlled robot, they were able to follow the layout of the tunnel that pbades under a street and points to the area where the car service window of a Chase bank branch is located .

The bank that apparently leads the tunnel remains open to the public, but it is surrounded by policemen and a group of workers who are digging to find the exit of the tunnel, said Local 10.

The police have not yet provided any information on this case.

Chase Bank is located at 390 South Flamingo Road in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The FBI noted that the tunnel had a length of about 45 meters.