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Thursday, 8 June, 2000, 22:37 GMT 23:37 UK

Brazil airport heist nets $1.5m


Armed men in Brazil have stolen more than one-and-a-half million dollars from an aeroplane at Sao Paulo's main airport in an audacious daylight robbery.

Overpowering security guards, they drove to the runway and seized sacks of cash from a plane which was about to take off before making their escape.

One man was grazed by a bullet.

Police said the robbery was well-planned and appeared to have been carried out by professionals.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service


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