The teller was about to comply and was in the process of counting out the requested amount. The teller complied. The robber left the bank and made his escape. However, he was arrested the next day, at his own bank, when he attempted to deposit the check into his own account. Electric trains in Glasgow collect power from the overhead cable, and transmit any excess through the rails to a solid copper cable that routes it to a power redistribution box.
Copper is a favorite target for thieves.
One enterprising fellow with a good knowledge of the electrical system planned to cut the copper cable during the time between trains, when no electricity was traveling through it. His plan might have worked but for one small flaw. The train arrived ten minutes before he thought it would, sending hundreds of volts of electricity through the thief's hacksaw and into his body, and putting an untimely end to his career. In the beginning God created Eve. And she had three breasts.