The World - News from Dec. 3, 1985
An armed gang of about 10 men kidnaped two Brinks company employees from their homes, forced them to open the firm’s headquarters in Colombes, a Paris suburb, and looted an estimated $9.4 million from safes and strongboxes, police said. One gunman remained with the employees’ families during the robbery, and police said the robbers communicated with each other by radio and also monitored police calls. Afterward, the employees and their families were released.
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