Armed robbers raid Swiss casino

[Haole Girl]

Source: Cnn.com

About 10 men armed with pistols and small machine guns raided a casino in Switzerland and made off into France with several hundred thousand Swiss francs in the early hours of Sunday morning, police said.

The men, dressed in black clothes and black ski masks, split into two groups during the raid on the Grand Casino Basel, Chief Inspector Peter Gill told CNN.

One group tried to break into the casino's vault on the lower level but could not get in, but they did rob the cashier of the money that was not secured, he said.

The second group of armed robbers entered the upper level where the roulette and blackjack tables are located and robbed the cashier there, he said...



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/28/switzerland.casino.robbery/index.html?hpt=T2

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Almost sounds like a made-for-tv movie. :crazy:

[Scurrilous]

1. I wonder if they're connected to these guys:

Poker tourney robbers hit jackpot in Germany (March. 7, 2010)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35744551/

[Haole Girl]

2. Could be

Usually, I'd think a group might lay low for awhile after getting away with $1.36 million. But one never knows...

[thelordofhell]

3. Bob?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_le_flambeur

[Turbineguy]

4. Investment bankers with guns.

What's the world coming to?

[truthisfreedom]

5. Several hundred thousand? Sounds as ill-conceived as an Austin Powers archenemy's plans.

Buffoons.

[UTUSN]

6. O.K., let's play "Cast This Movie!1" Or better yet, make the casting a reality show

on BBCA with Graham NORTON and (a director/producer, to sub for Andrew Lloyd WEBBER)!1

[defendandprotect]

7. What we need to steal are the names of those with Swiss Bank Accounts ....

and cross check them with our Congress/GOP --


Secret Swiss Bank accounts are a threat to us all -- and a threat to democracy!

[Crowman1979]

8. Sounds like a Guy Ritchie movie.

You could get some of the cast members of "Snatch", "The Transporter", maybe even Simon Pegg.

[boppers]

9. 300,000/10 = 30,000 each? That's around 28K USD.

Not exactly a big haul, and since they didn't get into the vault, it seems like a poorly planned heist.

[Crowman1979]

10. Unless they put a gun to the head of the guy running the electronic accounts.

And have one of their hackers several miles away supervising the transactions.

[Alcibiades]

11. Clearly French

The robbers spoke French. Swiss just don't do that, and they don't know anyone in France whose car they could borrow, particularly not in Basel. It's also 42 km to Delémont.

Why is it that the French are always being blamed for crime in Switzerland?

[Art_from_Ark]

12. How did they get across the international boundary?

Since Switzerland is not EU, it still has customs/immigration agents at border crossings.