Stockholm cash depot hit by helicopter heist

[Ichingcarpenter]

Source: Sweden Local

Robbers used a helicopter to carry out a spectacular theft at a cash depot south of Stockholm early Wednesday morning. Several powerful explosions were heard in the early hours on Wednesday coming from the G4S security company’s facilities in Västberga, south of Stockholm. Among other things, the building houses a cash depot.

Police received a call about the incident at 5.19am. An officer on the scene told TT that the robbers made their daring rooftop landing and then entered the building using sledgehammers or something similar to break through the roof.

Caltraps - spikes spread across the road to burst car tyres - had been placed near the facility in an attempt to complicate efforts by police to approach the scene.

Police have confirmed the helicopter used in the heist, a Bell 206 Jet Ranger, was stolen overnight from a helicopter hangar near Norrtälje north of Stockholm.Later Wednesday morning the helicopter was found near Arninge about 30 kilometres north of the crime scene.

Read more: http://www.thelocal.se/22234/20090923/

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This is a money counting place for banks and businesses in Europe.

Goldfinger is jealous.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. Gotta get me one of those Bell 206 Jet Rangers.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Not a car thief but a helicopter thief.....Its worth 700k to 1.2 million

The copter is not cheap

[Hassin Bin Sober]

3. That's why I too would also have to steal one for MY heist.

I'm a fixed wing private pilot but I could probably figure it out.

[barbtries]

4. how many people

would be able to fly it? i'm looking forward to the movie.

[booksenkatz]

5. Color me impressed -- I had no idea Cheney could fly one of these babies. NT

[Soylent Brice]

6. looks like x-mas came early for someone.

K&R

[Kingofalldems]

7. Ocean's 14

[comtec]

8. heard about this earlier today

well for me.
this sounds very interesting.
i wonder if it was an inside job tbh

[madmom]

9. Some high-rolling US citizen wanting to get their money out and hid before indicted?

[Flying Dream Blues]

10. I guess Matt Damon is already signed for the movie version... :) nt

[Skink]

11. Bush used C130's

[Demeter]

12. Bush and Cheney Would Have Used Drones and Bombed It to Bits

They don't need the cash, anyway.