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A trio of masked men in white overalls has burglarized 11 joints across Brooklyn and Queens since August, carefully evading surveillance cameras except once — and now it may cost them.

The crew is believed to have started its three-man crime spree by swiping $5,000 in power tools from a van outside a Borough Park, Brooklyn, home over the summer, police said.

They then launched at least 10 more burglaries — in some cases breaking into ATMs and grabbing the cash and in others, hauling off the entire bank machine — netting nearly $40,000 in cash and property in all, cops said.

On Dec. 30, in the midst of their spree, the suspects broke into “El Castillo de Pollo,” a chicken restaurant in Jamaica, Queens, through the basement, police said. They then hauled its ATM down to the basement, where they busted it open and stole money from it, law-enforcement sources said.

They made off with a total of $3,000 from both the ATM and the cash register, sources said.

But the crime could be their undoing: One of the men left his face uncovered and was captured by a surveillance camera, sources said.

It was the only time in the 11 burglaries that any of the men was ever caught on camera, a source said.

The Queens Grand Larceny Squad is spearheading the multi-borough investigation and have asked the public to come forward if they know anything about these suspects or their crimes.

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