Eight
masked thieves stole $50 million in rough and polished diamonds in a
lightning-fast heist Monday at Brussels Airport, the Antwerp World Diamond
Centre said Tuesday.
The
stones were en route from Antwerp, Belgium, to Zurich, Switzerland, a spokesman
for the diamond center said, citing police.
Police
told the diamond center that the robbers, who used two vehicles, breached a
security gate when the goods were already on an aircraft.
Jan Van
der Cruysse, a spokesman for Brussels Airport, SAID that it took the
thieves only three minutes to rob the cargo hold and that they left the scene
minutes later.
