busybeeburns Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Police are said to be looking for eight men 'Gigantic' Brussels Airport diamond heist Armed robbers have made off with a "gigantic" haul of diamonds after a daring raid at Brussels Airport. They broke through a fence on Monday evening and stole gems worth tens of millions of euros as they were being loaded from a Brinks security van onto a plane bound for Switzerland. They escaped back through the same hole. Police later found a burned-out vehicle close to the airport. Police are looking for eight men, a prosecutors' spokeswoman said. Caroline De Wolf, of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre, said the haul was estimated to be worth 50m euros (£43m). "What we are talking about is obviously a gigantic sum," De Wolf told Belgium's VRT broadcaster AFP quoted an unnamed spokeswoman at the same Antwerp centre calling the robbery "one of the biggest" ever. She said that the diamonds were "rough stones" being transported from Antwerp to Zurich. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21504112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I bet the security of the airport got paid off by the robbers to keep quiet. There's no way in hell this robbery could have happened without shooting/killing people unless something really foul has happened in the background :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 you don't know how much I laughed this morning when I read it in the newspaper 'they cut a whole in the fence and drove through it' can you imagine people cutting a whole in a fence for 2 vehicles :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Crieff Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Only in Belgium... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 true, only here those things happen :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Final Track Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I bet the security of the airport got paid off by the robbers to keep quiet. There's no way in hell this robbery could have happened without shooting/killing people unless something really foul has happened in the background :shifty: Not neccasarily, if things move fast enough I'm pretty sure it could be done. But how did they cut their way through the fence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 all of it happened in about 3 minutes, they must have made that whole before think they did it with iron scissors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 But how did they cut their way through the fence? LAZER BEAMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 What did we learn from the past? Not first heist at the airport. :blank: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 another controversial playset of Playmobil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reilly Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 LAZER BEAMS SHOOTING FROM THEIR EYES :wideeyed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 ^ :borg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck kottke Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Sounds a bit like the great aluminum heist of 1853... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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