A gang of sophisticated robbers has become a new Hole-in-the-Wall Gang — using a combination of power tools and brute force to bore their way into banks across the city without getting caught, sources told The Post on Monday.
The persistent, but not terribly successful, crew has drilled through walls and roofs to breach at least six banks since November 2012. But they made it inside a vault only once, the sources said.
They have also stayed a step ahead of the cops, disabling security systems in some cases and fleeing before police arrived when they did trigger alarms.
"They are very sophisticated. They disabled the surveillance system and the alarms," a law-enforcement source said. "[Investigators] think they know who [the crooks] are. They come into New York and do a job and then leave."
The most recent attempted heist came at a Chase branch at 601 Eighth Ave. on Oct. 12 — when they cut a hole through the sheet-rock of an adjacent business that's under construction.
After disabling the bank's alarm system and surveillance camera, they got to work trying to bust open an ATM vault door.
That triggered an alarm, which scared the thieves away before they could make off with any money, a source said.
They left behind multiple power tools, hand tools and a ski mask. But the mystery behind how they got as far as they did is heightened by the fact that no one is seen on camera leaving the back door of the bank that night.
Their one successful heist came in December 2013, when they tunneled through the wall of a Santander Bank at 75-15 31st Ave. in Queens from an adjacent catering hall.
They managed to cut into the vault from the second floor of the bank, but it's unclear how much they were able to grab before running off.
A black-clad man lurking inside the vault was caught on camera, according to police.
The group is also suspected of targeting a TD branch in Brooklyn on Nov. 21, 2012, by boring through a ceiling.
They then hit a another TD bank in Manhattan in February 2013 by breaking through the wall of an adjacent building.
In that heist, the robbers damaged water pipes and flooded part of the building. Authorities later found a drywall handsaw on the floor.
Their next burglary came at another Brooklyn TD bank in May 2013. In that capper, the robbers got in by using their power tools to carve a hole in the wall of the building — and were caught on video on top of a vault.
They also allegedly struck at a CitiBank at Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn in November 2013.
They got money in none of those four jobs.
"Why keep doing it if you're unsuccessful?" a source said of the burglars. "The only explanation I have is that they must believe it will be a huge payday if they do succeed."
Additional reporting by Danika Fears
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