Bulgarian Arrested Over Bank Robbery in Belgium

Crime | October 12, 2008, Sunday // 00:00

A Bulgarian citizen has been arrested Saturday night in Belgium over the robbery of a local branch of the Belgium Finance Ministry, as announced by the Belgium National Information Agency Belga.

The Prosecutor's Office in Brussels has further informed that the robbery, which took place in the Belgium city of Asse, was conducted by four perpetrators. They have managed to take out a safe deposit box and put in a car. Two of the robbers fled in the car, while the other two took on foot. The Police have been able to stop the car and detained the driver and the passenger - a Bulgarian and a Greek citizen. They are under the custody of the Belgium authorities and the case has been sent to Prosecutor's Office in Brussels.

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