Brazil airport thieves snatch $1.7m 巴西機場170萬美元被搶

Sao Paulo has a serious crime problem

圣保羅犯罪問題嚴重

Armed men have burst into Sao Paulo city airport and stolen three million reals ($1.7m) from an aeroplane.

It was an astonishingly audacious and professional robbery. The airport is in the city centre and is used by thousands of mainly-domestic passengers every day.

Ten men - armed with automatic rifles and machine-guns and carrying radios and mobile phones - arrived at the passenger terminal at 0800 local time (1100 GMT) on Thursday.

They overpowered security guards and made their way onto the runway in four vehicles.

There they surrounded a small plane about to take off for the town of Aracatuba, 470km (290 miles) north-west of Sao Paulo.

They seized sacks containing the cash from the plane and made their exit. The whole operation lasted only a few minutes.

攜槍歹徒沖進圣保羅機場,從一架飛機上偷走300萬雷阿爾(170萬美金)。

這是一次令人瞠目的大膽而又專業的搶劫。圣保羅機場位于市中心，每天接待成千上萬的國內乘客。

周四當地時間0800(格林威治時間1100)，十名男子－攜帶來復槍和機槍以及對講機和手機－抵達客運機場。

他們制服了保安人員，然后乘四輛車奔機場跑道。

在跑道上，他們包圍了一架即將起飛前往圣保羅西北470公里(290英里)的阿拉卡土巴市的小飛機。

他們從飛機上搶走裝有現金的袋子，然后逃跑。整個過程只有幾分鐘時間。