Several old safes, ATM fished out of southwest Miami-Dade canal. How did they get there?

Miami-Dade police went fishing in a Princeton canal in south Miami-Dade Thursday morning, and didn’t snag any bass or tarpon.

Instead, they wrangled in several old safes and an ATM.

On Wednesday, a resident in the area called police to report what could be several safes in a narrow canal. Police said it was too dark out to send a dive team, so a search would have to wait until morning.

Just after 8 a.m. Thursday, dive teams arrived and got to work. Officers pulled out several old safes and one ATM using a tow truck’s crane.

Police are investigating to find out how these items landed in the canal and what was inside of them.

This story was originally published January 2, 2020 at 5:36 PM.

Devoun Cetoute

Miami Herald

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Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.