Flying movie: disguised as police and in 3 minutes they took 718 pounds of gold

the moment of daring flight / video capture

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A group of eight criminals heavily armed and disguised as agents of the Brazilian Federal Police flew in just under three minutes and without firing a single shot, about 718 kilograms of gold stored in a cargo terminal of the US. Guarulhos International Airport, in the San Pablo Metropolitan Area, according to official sources.

The stolen cargo is valued at just over $ 40 million, sources said the state's civilian police in Sao Paulo. The stolen gold was to be shipped to New York.

In an badault that many have badociated with the popular Spanish series "La casa de papel" – in which a professor recruits a group to attack the national plant of Moneda as part of a surgery-planned operation and takes steps Hundreds of millions of dollars – the police sued Yesterday after the footsteps of the gang of armed criminals who executed Thursday in minutes one of the largest robberies in the history of Brazil without firing a single shot, he escaped from the international airport of Sao Paulo with a load of 718 kilos of gold.

Until now, the force has failed to locate the cargo, nor any member of the group – from at least ten people – who entered Thursday in the cargo terminal of the l & # 39; Guarulhos airport disguised as a police officer and seized the booty.

Joao Hueb, delegate of the Department of Criminal Investigations (DEIC), emphasized the professionalism of the group.

The coup which ended when the airport was evacuated with the loading of the precious metal began to be executed on Wednesday, when the supervisor of the cargo area of ​​the airport. airport and his family, including four minors, were taken hostage – a total of nine people–.

With the face covered and the guns covered, the criminals arrived at the airport on Thursday afternoon, taking the charge with them as hostages.

In less than three minutes, they loaded the gold into the box of one of the two cloned vans claiming to be police patrols and escaped.

The criminals abandoned the two vehicles cloned in a hangar about ten kilometers from the airport and lost their track. According to the police, the group used fire extinguishers to hide the fingerprints, but did not specify in which vehicle.

Police are investigating whether the group is identical to that of 2018. Another robbery was carried out at Viracopos, another airport in the state of Sao Paulo. The cargo terminal of this airport was invaded by a group of five armed men who managed to steal five million dollars. (AP)