Police have arrested 33 people suspected of being involved in a £30m diamond heist at a Brussels airport.
A large amount of cash and diamonds were recovered in the early morning raids, involving more than 200 officers across Belgium, France and Switzerland.
The raiders made off with a variety of rough and polished gems One suspected member of the eight-man gang that allegedly staged the theft was arrested in France, while Swiss police made a eight arrests and Belgian police took 24 people into custody.
A statement from the Swiss prosecutor's office said: "A big haul was seized, of 100,000 Swiss francs (£68,000) in cash and a large quantity of diamonds, the value of which is currently being estimated.
"The arrests were made thanks to the excellent collaboration between the Brussels and Geneva authorities."
The Belgian authorities said some of the suspects detained in Belgium, aged between 30 and 50, were "well known" to police.
The heist was carried out by heavily-armed men posing as police officers who cut through the perimeter fence of Zaventem International airport around 8pm on February 18 to reach a Swiss passenger aircraft that was due to take off.
In an operation that lasted barely 10 minutes and took place without a shot being fired, the men forced open the hold of the plane and removed some 120 boxes of mainly uncut diamonds from Antwerp.
Questions were raised over the ease with which the raid was carried out The gems were bound for India and, as they were mainly uncut, they were uncertified, making them harder to trace and easier to sell on.
At the time the raid was described by French airport security consultant Doron Levy as "incredibly audacious and well organised," adding that it was likely an inside job and the suspects "probably know their employees by name".
The heist was also described as "one of the biggest" by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre, the global dealers' syndicate.
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