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Fifty-Year Mystery Of Iceland’s First Bank Robbery Solved
A man involved in what is thought to be Iceland’s first bank robbery walked into a police station and confessed to the crime, police report in a Facebook post. The robbery took place early in 1975 and was relatively small in scale…
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Pharmacist Fends Off Armed Robbers In Kópavogur
An attempted armed robbery at Austurbæjar Apótek in Kópavogur ended in failure after the store’s owner, Bergljót Þorsteinsdóttir, confronted the robbers and triggered the panic alarm, reports Vísir. On Friday morning, a man and a woman, both wearing motorcycle helmets, entered the…
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Armed Robbery Took Place In Reykjavík
An armed robbery was committed in the western part of Reykjavík around 23:00 last night, Vísir reports. [su_pullquote]It’s AMA (Ask Me Anything) time, this Friday, May 13th! You can get in on the fun by joining one of our membership programmes: the…
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Robbery In Downtown Reykjavík, Suspect Arrested
A store in the city center was robbed on the afternoon of March 20, Visír reports. The robber escaped from the crime scene but was caught by the police an hour later and is now in police custody. [su_pullquote]We have over 60…
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Downtown Apartment Burgled In Broad Daylight
An apartment close to downtown Reykjavík was broken into, with many valuables stolen, at some point in the late afternoon today. Laimonas Baranauskas, who lives in the apartment with his boyfriend and a roommate, contacted the Grapevine to tell us about the…
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Jewelry Store Robbery Suspects Appear In Court
Two of the three men suspected of robbing a jewelry store in Hafnarfjörður last October showed up in Reykjanes District Court yesterday morning. One of them admitted he was in the store at the time of the robbery, but denied the criminal…
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Bank Robbery In Reykjavík
A bank was robbed on Borgartún just minutes ago, and the suspects are still at large as police deploy helicopters. RÚV reports that two suspects were seen fleeing the scene on foot, and police were alerted by eyewitnesses after seeing news of…
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Jewelry Store Robbery Mastermind Confesses
The presumed mastermind behind a daylight jewelry store robbery in Hafnarfjörður last October has confessed to his part in the crime. Vísir reports that the 26-year-old man is in police custody, and will remain there until at least January 1. While initially…
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Two Arrested After Jewelry Store Robbery
Two suspects are in custody following a jewelry store robbery in Hafnarfjörður. One suspect shot at police and attempted to flee, but was apprehended. Two Icelandic men were arrested following a robbery at the jewelry store Gullsmiðjan in Hafnarfjörður, RÚV reports. The…
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Jewelry Store Thief Now In Custody
The man responsible for a daring early-morning jewelry store robbery in the Fjörður shopping centre in Hafnarfjörður last month has confessed. Most of the loot is still missing. Assistant police superintendent Margeir Sveinsson told MBL that the thief in question, a man…
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Daring Jewelry Store Robbery Committed
A thief made off with millions in jewelry early yesterday morning from a small store in a Hafnarfjörður shopping centre. A security guard reportedly turned off the alarm shortly before the robbery was committed. Managing director of the Fjörður shopping centre Guðmundur…