Man linked to 2022 bank safe box heist arrested in Colombia

Colombian police have arrested a 47-year-old man suspected of involvement in the robbery from five safe deposit boxes in an Athens bank in July 2022, Greek police said on Saturday.

He was arrested on January 10 in Bogota on an Interpol red notice, they added. A second suspect believed to have participated in the crime was arrested in Sweden on April 11, 2023.

Following the robbery, Greek authorities announced they had identified three members of an international crime gang believed to be behind the theft. One of the suspects was aged 42, and the other two were 46 at the time of the robbery, police had said, without specifying where the individuals are from. An international warrant for their arrest was issued in April 2023.

All three are accused of forming and joining a criminal organization and aggravated theft.

The robbery took place in the Nea Smyrni...