A Wanganui man has admitted using nylon, adhesive and a washer to fish money from bank self-deposit boxes.
Adam Charles Travis appeared in the Whanganui District Court this week having pleaded guilty to charges relating to stealing bank deposits and cashing altered cheques.
In the early hours of May 15 and May 18, Travis and a female entered the internal lobby of ANZ on Victoria Ave which is open to customers after hours by bank card swipe access. "Once the two were inside the lobby, the defendant produced a fishing type contraption ... he attempted to fish posted deposits out of the safety boxes," police prosecutor Sergeant Rachel Willemsen told the court.
"He's done this using the adhesive on the back of the safety deposit bags and wrapped the adhesives around a metal washer ... and tied the washer to the nylon dropping it into the boxes."
Travis managed to snag deposits which he put in his jacket.