Mass arrests over $50 million Belgium diamond heist

09 May, 2013

Police in Belgium, France and Switzerland have arrested 33 people and recovered "a large quantity" of diamonds and cash in a joint probe into a spectacular $50-million diamond heist at Brussels airport. The Belgian prosecutor's office Wednesday said a suspected member of the eight-man gang that staged the brazen robbery three months ago had been picked up in France on Tuesday, as Swiss police made eight arrests and seized some of the missing diamonds.

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