Police examine the excavator used in the failed robbery attempt. Photo: Handout.
BEIJING: A young man has been arrested in southern China after he failed to rob a bank before dawn using his own excavator, mainland media reports.
The man, surnamed Luo, drove the digger to a branch of the China Construction Bank in Meizhou city, Guangdong province, and dug a large hole around the front door to loot the bank at about 5.30am on Sunday.
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