Arrests over $50m Brussels Airport diamond heist

Police in Belgium, Switzerland and France have arrested 31 people in connection with one of the world's largest robberies of diamonds.

A gang cut through the perimeter fence at Brussels Airport and broke into the cargo hold of a Swiss aeroplane as it waited for take off.

They took $50m (£32m) of diamonds during the raid in February.

Belgian prosecutors say they have recovered large sums of money and some of the diamonds that were taken.

Julie Peacock reports.

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