Suspects over helicopter robbery detained
Several people have been arrested in connection with the Hollywood-style helicopter raid against a cash depot in Stockholm.
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G4S Plc, the world’s largest security company, has offered a reward of 7 million kronor ($1 million) for the capture of a gang that dramatically and professionally coordinated used a stolen helicopter to rob its cash depot in the Stockholm suburb Västberga last Wednesday.
Several people have now been detained in connection to the Hollywood-style raid, Arne Andersson, chief of national police operations, told the press without give any details about the suspects.
However, Dagens Nyheter newspaper wrote on Sunday that one of the arrested was a 34 year old Swede with experience of flying a helicopter.
The security company G4S has not revealed how much money was stolen. According to Swedish media the sum may be as large as 1 billion kronor.
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Last Updated (Monday, 28 September 2009 07:20)
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