Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Diamonds and cash seized as police arrest 33 over diamond robbery


  • Baggage carts make their way past a Helvetic Airways aircraft from which millions’ of dollars worth of diamonds were stolen on the tarmac of Brussels international airport
    Armed robbers stole $50 million worth of diamonds from this plane in February Yves Logghe/AP
Sadie Gray
Last updated at 3:37PM, May 8 2013
Police investigating a $50 million diamond robbery seized “a large quantity” of gems and cash in raids across three countries today.
A total of 33 people were arrested in connection with the armed robbery three months ago on the runway of Brussels airport by a gang dressed as police officers.
The eight men – by now sporting hoods - pulled up in a police-style cars just as a Brinks armoured van had unloaded its cargo of Antwerp diamonds into a Swiss passenger plane about to take off for Zurich.
Within ten minutes, without firing a shot and without arousing any suspicion among
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