9 j u c. {" s6 @& B机场警方负责人萨纳布里亚(Julian Sanabria)说：“他们(抢匪)手持自动步枪，走向一名中国乘客，然后抢走一个装有100多万美元现金的手提箱。我们警察都很惊讶，但由于当时还有150多名乘客等在候机厅，我们无法向他们开火。”9 s4 H/ b3 l4 _" t; a
# M4 G- [7 q, m6 t1 @美联社报导说，据巴拉圭机场警方确认，这位被抢的中国人名叫Don Jon Kin，此人在机场设有一个外汇兑换服务台，他也是巴拉圭居民。0 G( F! C, q; J, m+ h( ^
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机场警方说，抢劫案件发生时，Don Jon Kin正准备把两个装有现金的手提箱送到乌拉圭的蒙得维的亚(Montevideo)，将其存在一家银行。警方称，很明显这是一次合法的转款。' }* P2 b5 L4 L! u2 l/ H* o
2 V) q7 ?: m3 H" {: |但根据巴拉圭方面的规定，携带巨额现金进入这个国家，必须进行申报。可此案的受害者却从未这样做。 ) e0 U% z4 ?' m& P, |/ y; Z0 R& L8 X, |7 g' E: m
据悉，在5名抢匪抢劫过程中，由于行动匆忙，他们没有抢走另一个装有美元现金的手提包。据报导，这个手提包已被警方调查人员扣留。有关方面没有透露这个手提包内装有多少美元现金。 7 W- W9 o" k# P8 X* s3 Y$ t% ?: A) f; i9 E, I5 l0 Z K- w1 H9 b
Man out $1 million in Paraguay airport heist + G j- m6 L) g3 p: QFive alleged robbers with automatic weapons rob Chinese citizen of case ; P, j8 D3 T- d : w/ H7 y; {6 w8 ?July 31, 2007; V1 T4 n, F/ `: i/ `+ h/ M
ASUNCION, Paraguay - Gunmen robbed a Chinese citizen of $1 million on Tuesday during a brazen holdup inside an airport in the Paraguayan capital. 5 \& @* u6 V: _5 U" Q& ]- h6 j 2 ]( r7 o( W p1 r0 B' mThe heist in an airport boarding area caught police by surprise, and five assailants got away with the booty, police officer Julian Sanabria told reporters.- L2 ~6 g. T2 o
( E5 `& T8 u9 L+ P* |“With automatic weapons in hand, they went up to the Chinese passenger and took away the case with a million dollars,” Sanabria said. “We police were all surprised, and also we could not fire because there were 150 passengers waiting in the boarding area at that moment.”: J/ G; Z9 R% D8 C
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The victim of the robbery, identified by police as Don Jon Kin, owns a currency exchange business at the airport and is a resident of Paraguay.9 `2 |( t9 S$ o$ |& m0 b5 V! d9 ^7 W' {5 L
% g; T- F) `. l3 n: P. H0 fPolice said he was transporting the money to Montevideo, Uruguay, to make a bank deposit in an apparently legal transaction. Large amounts of cash must be declared when entering another country, but in this case the victim never got that far. 7 [) A5 u5 [2 Q2 W: u8 }% \$ O, t& i& l4 V( H! c6 ^
In their haste, the assailants did not take another bag of dollars that was impounded by investigators. Authorities did not disclose how much was in that bag.
