Robbers seize gems worth almost half-a-billion dollars
Armed robbers seize diamonds said to be worth 467 million dollars while they were being loaded onto a plane at Brussels Airport.
Four armed and masked men in two vehicles broke through a fence surrounding the airport late yesterday evening and drove up to a security van.
In just three minutes, they made off with more than 460 million dollars worth of uncut diamonds as the gems were being loaded onto a Swiss plane.
No shots were fired and no one was injured in the audacious robbery.
The airport is now investigating the break in.
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Alfie Lewis
Feb 20th, 12:02
I think that they might have watched the film on the
TV this week called HEIST WITH Gene Hackman
Pule' Carmel
Feb 20th, 02:24
Stupid and naive for the owners to send it in one lump.What one should have done was to divide it and send it through different paths and dates,what is more, one should have arranged for decoy packets to be sent and information spread discreetly to those who talk too much. In Wartime this is the way they do it. Even Churchill had a decoy,who went one way while the real one,an unadvertised way!
Charles P Cilia
Feb 19th, 19:31
Fence anyone?
E Bonnici
Feb 19th, 16:56
Lupin style!
Stannis Baratheon
Feb 19th, 15:52
how to get rich overnight....
Clive Cusens
Feb 19th, 17:16
rich? more like not having to care about anything for 5 lifetimes :p
Franco Farrugia
Feb 19th, 21:34
Indeed, but we have only one lifetime, and then, what?
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