Switzerland: Armed Men Help ‘Pink Panther’ Member Escape
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Version 0 of 1. Armed men have broken a member of the so-called Pink Panther gang of jewel thieves out of a Swiss prison, the police said Friday. The gang member escaped with another prisoner after accomplices in two vehicles forced their way through a gate and fired at prison guards. The Pink Panthers, who have a weakness for expensive watches, have staged about 340 robberies on luxury stores in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the United States since 1999, making off with booty worth more than $436.77 million, according to Interpol. The gang drove two cars into a Dubai shopping mall and through the window of a jewelry store in 2007, swiping goods worth more than $14 million in a raid lasting less than a minute. |