Manhunt for two fugitive robbers in Belgium and France: ‘Very serious criminals’ | Inland

Sources about the investigation report this to De Telegraaf. The Amsterdam police confirms that the two countries are looking for the duo who fled after the West of the Wild robbery and that there is intensive contact between the police in the Netherlands and the investigation services in Belgium and France. The police does not want to say anything about the serious criminal background of the majority of the robbers for the purpose of investigation. “We do not confirm it, but we do not deny it,” said a spokesman.

Names of well-known robbers who have previously been involved in highly violent money transport robberies in France and the Netherlands are circulating, but the police will not say anything about the identities of the arrested suspects and the two fugitive men. The investigative services take serious account that the two are heavily armed and do not shrink from using heavy violence against the police.

It is still unclear whether any of the loot is still missing. The Amsterdam police say that inventory lists should be used to find out what may be missing. In any case, the robbers have taken bags full of things. Some of the loot has been recovered. The targeted loot, thus the value of the transport, would amount to tens of millions of euros. An amount of around fifty million is mentioned.

Such serious robberies, such as Wednesday in Amsterdam, involving so many people, using heavy violence and most likely involving insider information about the value of the transport, are usually committed by highly professional professional criminals. They require months of preparation and substantial investments.

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