Guard 'simply drives off with cash' in €11m heist
Tony Musulin. Photo: Getty Images
Saturday November 07 2009
THE biggest French cash robbery in recent years was a non-violent affair: Tony Musulin, a security guard, apparently simply drove off with the money while his two colleagues were inside the central Lyons branch of the Banque de France.
Police found the empty vehicle, which belongs to the Swedish security firm Loomis, two hours later, parked neatly in a side street in a suburb of the city. Its satellite tracking system and telephone link had been switched off and its contents, about 40 sacks of banknotes totalling €11m, were missing.
Police initially suspected that robbers may have taken the driver hostage. However, they said they had found signs that Mr Musulin (39) had planned the robbery carefully.
"We went to search this lad's home and were surprised to discover a flat that was almost unoccupied. It was cleaned up as if he had prepared his flight," Xavier Richaud, the Lyons prosecutor, said. (©, The Times, London)
- Charles Bremner in Paris
Irish Independent
