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Twelve Arrested After Tip Foils Tunnel Plot to Empty Bank Safety Boxes

A tip-led covert surveillance operation stopped a tunnel-based plan to empty safety deposit boxes.

Overview

  • Federal teams arrested 12 suspects, including former federal officer Carlos Daniel Maidana, after coordinated raids following a tip received in late May.
  • Investigators seized vehicles, two 9 mm pistols, an endoscopic camera and heavy tunneling and construction tools that matched the gang’s planned method of entry.
  • The plot targeted Banco Nación in Morón and Banco Provincia in Baradero with tunnels from neighboring premises to steal dollars and gold stored in safety boxes.
  • Judicially authorized surveillance used drones, hidden cameras and Telepase vehicle tracking to confirm movements, identify defined roles and prompt arrests.
  • The case is now with federal prosecutors who will probe possible bank-employee complicity and examine links between the arrested group and past narcotics investigations involving Maidana.