They certainly weren’t inconspicuous.
Wild video shows the moment a group of thieves in Oakland yanked an entire bank ATM out of the ground, hitched it to the back of a van with a rope and then dragged the metal machine while speeding down a road, sending sparks flying through the air.
The footage was captured by a bystander who couldn’t believe his eyes, according to KTVU, which obtained the clip.
Two ATMS — including the one dragged by the van — were stolen Sunday from separate locations in the Californian city struggling with a rise in property crime, according to Oakland police.
The automated teller machine in the video was stolen from the outside of a Bank of America on Hegenberger Road shortly before 7:30 a.m., the police department said.
“Multiple individuals” used tools to rip out the ATM before taking off with it — as shown in the video, cops said.
The witness who filmed the wild heist told KTVU he saw three or four people involved in the theft.
The other ATM was stolen from a nearby business on Alameda Avenue about an hour earlier, police said.
On Tuesday, Oakland police announced that they arrested one suspect in connection to the Bank of America robbery.
They took Anthony Pearson into custody the same day of the thefts, but are continuing to search for the other assailants.
