“The entire operation, which was extremely well-organised, lasted less
than five minutes,” police said.
The 47-year-old Frenchman had been serving time for robbery and drugs and
weapons violations, the 34-year-old Albanian was being held on drugs
charges, while the Bosnian, 31, and Kosovar, 22, had been locked up for
theft.
Police meanwhile confirmed that the 45-year-old Serb was a convicted member of
the so-called Pink Panthers, who are drawn from paramilitary circles in the
former Yugoslavia and were given their name after British detectives found a
diamond ring hidden in a jar of face cream, echoing an incident in Peter
Sellers’ 1963 comedy “The Pink Panther”.
Edited by Chris Irvine, telegraph.co.uk
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