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Fan Life => The Endzone Dive => Topic started by: Bhyaaaaa! on September 24, 2009, 12:34:09 PM
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Bandits in Sweden pull off daring multimillion-dollar heist with bombs, choppers & Bond-film flair
In a scene that could have been lifted from a James Bond flick, a gang of heavily armed thieves used explosives and a stolen helicopter to pull off a spectacular multimillion-dollar heist in Sweden.
Bandits landed their chopper on the roof of a Stockholm cash depot early Wednesday morning and used their explosives to break in.
"What we know is that they forced down some kind of wall to get in," a police spokesman said.
"We don't want to comment on how they did it."
Witnesses heard a number of explosions as the gang moved through the building with ninja-like precision.
About 15 minutes later, they were back on the roof with bags of money and made a quick getaway in the waiting chopper.
Police had tried to stop the robbers - but were foiled before the drama even started.
The crooks had left spikes on the roads near the bank to puncture cops' tires and planted explosives at the police heliport to prevent them from taking off.
"I've never experienced anything like it," Kjell Lindgren, a police spokesman, said of the elaborate robbery, which reportedly netted the crooks tens of millions in cash.
The cash depot, owned by Britain-based G4S, stores money that is transported to banks, ATMs and other businesses in Sweden.
An abandoned helicopter was discovered hours after the robbery in a park 15 miles from the bank.
Cops say the chopper, a Bell 206 Jet Ranger, was stolen the night before the heist.
One person was taken in for questioning Wednesday afternoon, CNN reported.
Police would not disclose the individual's role in the crime.
There were 21 staff members inside the building during the heist, but no one was injured, police said.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/23/2009-09-23_bandits_pull_of_daring_multimillion.html#ixzz0S2wXjyNQ
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That is awesome!
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:clap:
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I seriously love articles about heists. Even moreso when words like "ninja-like" and "foiled" are used. Top notch
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If there was no fdic and it was your bank and the bank said you could only get half your money back then how would you feel?
not so :lol: then more :hahano: then :mad:
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:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
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My :cop: hat is tipped. You have to admire precision.
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Well, I had to go re-watch Heat, for the thousandth time, tonight because of this thread.
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Sounds more like the Italian Job, pretty good movie.
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Bank robbers who can fly a helicopter? That is truly elite.
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Bank robbers who can fly a helicopter? That is truly elite.
:coplights:---> :Driving:(insert helicopter instead)
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they prisoners out all the time like this.
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oceans 11?
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oceans 11?
Always thought that would make a sweet Nintendo game.
PATENT PENDING
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oceans 11?
Always thought that would make a sweet Nintendo game.
PATENT PENDING
as long as i'm danny ocean or rusty! i would fight you for it.