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Theives rob ATM with watermelon skins

by | Jan 10, 2012

Watermelon

Thieves have stolen an entire ATM in Barranquilla and hauled it away by pushing along the floor lubricated with watermelons skins, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday.

At 7:05AM Monday, the six fruity felons overpowered a security guard and four employees at the Olimpica drug store on Calle 76. They disconnected the alarms, removed the ATM and made off in a waiting get-away car with just over $3,000.

The canteloup-aided caper was not as fruitful as the bandits had hoped; they were caught 12 hours later.

This is not the first time the coastal Caribbean city of Barranquilla has been victim of a melony misdemeanour. In March 2008 a Bancolombia ATM in an El Corral burger joint stolen in the same slippery, slushy way.