Milan Poparic, a 24-year-old Bosnian national and member of the illustrious "Pink Panther" ring of jewelry thieves, has escaped from a Swiss prison with a fellow inmate and two accomplices. The escape was pretty low-tech: two accomplices drove up to the prison yard with ladders, then used machine guns to drive the guards back as Poparic and his fellow inmate Adrian Albrecht, 52, climbed over the fence. Security guards took cover while the criminals set fire to one of their vehicles and drove off in the other.
The loosely-affiliated, global group of dozens to hundreds of thieves is known for its daring heists. The nickname "Pink Panthers" comes from the theft of a $769,000 diamond from a London jeweler in 1993. The thieves hid the...
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