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SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE been arrested over the robbery of $72 million (equal to €67 million) in jewellery from Amsterdam’s airport nearly 12 years ago, authorities said today.
The diamonds and jewellery were taken during the hold-up of a KLM armoured car in a high-security portion of Schiphol airport in February 2005, police said in a statement.
Though the thieves were armed, no one was hurt in the heist.
Police “carried out [yesterday and today], a total of seven arrests in connection with the diamond theft at Schiphol airport in February 2005 and money laundering,” the statement said.
The five male and two female suspects, all Dutch nationals, were arrested in Amsterdam and Valencia, in eastern Spain.
While some of the stolen diamonds were found in an escape vehicle immediately after the heist, the rest – valued at $43 million – remain unaccounted for.
Four people had been arrested soon after the incident, one of the Netherlands’ worst cases of theft.
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And they would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for those pesky kids >:(
Meddling kids…
What gave them away? The big gold mansion and the gold car?
Ray Liotta, shower, wall slap, JIMMY!!! Best post-heist scene ever..
And the blood diamonds came from where?
Was it the Susan B. Anthony at the airport that did for them?
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