Five suspects detained for airport heist
Police have detained five people in connection to the robbery of 1.43 million euros on October 2 from Athens International Airport, and appear to have recovered most of the money stolen.
After detaining an Albanian man thought to be the one who carried out the robbery, and a Greek couple on Friday, police arrested two more men on Saturday regarding the Alpha Bank heist.
Sources said that one of the two men arrested on Saturday, a 25-year-old Greek, was a clerk at the Alpha Bank branch at the airport as well as the son of one of the bank?s security guards.
He is believed to have given inside information to the robbers about the location and the details they required to get the money from the bank?s safe. He also pretended to be a hostage, too, when the robber entered the bank branch.
Police have recovered over 1 million euros, as well 9,000 UK pounds and $31,000, as well as three handguns and hundreds of bullets.
All five suspects are to be taken to an Athens prosecutor on Saturday.
