Daring Brussels airport diamond raid raises questions on airport security
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A daring raid carried out by armed robbers dressed-up as police officers on the 18’th of February saw a whopping 37m euros (£32m, $US50m) worth of gems being stolen from an armoured CVIT, within the Brussels Airport premises.
Billed as the biggest diamond theft in recent history, the caper saw the robbers cut of one of the airport’s supposedly secured perimeter fences and then intercepting the aforementioned armoured vehicle as it made its way to a Helvetic Airways plane bound for Zurich, Switzerland. Everything happened in a matter of minutes, the robbers then making their out of the airport as fast as they’d gotten in.
Naturally, following this event, there will be a thorough inquiry into the actual level of perimeter security provided by the airport authorities, a much more sensitive and complex issue than security checks for boarding passengers, for example.
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Private hire cab and taxi drivers are strongly objecting to mandatory CCTV equipment being placed in their cars. The cameras would cost about £500 each. Sheffield City Council said cameras in taxis and similar vehicles would help reduce abuse and violent attacks. The council said 128 taxis currently have CCTV installed out of 2,224 total in the city. Chairman of the Sheffield Taxi Trade Association, Hafeas Rehman, agreed cameras can help drivers, but stated they “shouldn’t be mandatory”.
Police have released CCTV pictures revealed a man smashing his way into a display cabinet in order to steal an item more than 600 years old. The surveillance images showed the medieval jug being stolen from a Bedfordshire museum. Insurance company Zurich offered a £25,000 reward for information leading to the safe return of the treasure. Spokesman Paul Redington from Zurich, which insures the museum, said the jug was important to the establishment.
Police trapped a motorist faker via the use of CCTV technology. Officers said the shadows in the CCTV footage a man provided as an alibi from his home system were not right for February as the speeding offence he was accused of took place at the height of summer. Roger Moore admitted intending to pervert the course of justice. As a result he was given a 16-week jail sentence, suspended for two years.
A thief displaying no common sense was flummoxed by the door he was exiting the scene of a hold-up – and all of this was caught on CCTV. Police released footage after the man was convicted of attempting to rob the same shop twice in ten days. The surveillance footage shows the second incident which led to a conviction of possession of a firearm or imitation firearm. The man tried pushing a door that required to be pulled for an exit.
Police are reviewing CCTV pictures around a supermarket after an armed robber fled empty handed when threatening a woman. A police spokesman confirmed detectives were examining footage and also remarked that police are “appealing for anyone in the area who has private CCTV from the time of the incident or before or after to contact Dorset Police urgently.” Detectives say they are separating this crime from a robbery at a post office on Tuesday, December 18 and two other incidents.
A rare vehicle was captured on camera being stolen. CCTV footage recorded at about 20:05 GMT on January 9 showed two men cutting through security poles at a car showroom in order to gain access to a Ferrari. About 40 minutes later, a flatbed-type vehicle was driven into the garage, where the valuable car was loaded on and covered with a sheet before leaving the scene. Detectives have already made one arrest in connection with the theft.
A shambolic burglar was captured on video spending almost ten minutes trying to break into a house. He attempted entry by lobbing pebbles at a patio door until it gave in. The thief, who is believed to be taller than average and left-handed, eventually got into the home but triggered an alarm. Investigating officer DC Kevin Cockayne commented: “He’s seen to easily peer over garden fencing which is six feet high and throw all the stones left-handed.”