Hollywood-style airport robbers arrested

Seven Miami residents have been arrested in connection with a daring heist at Miami International Airport that saw $7.4 million of cash stolen.

Four of the defendants have been charged with carrying out the robbery, while three others are accused of kidnapping one of the thieves in a bid to get their hands on the loot.

In a raid that had all the hallmarks of a Hollywood gangster movie, masked robbers – at least one of whom was armed - forced personnel and security guards at an airport warehouse to lie face down before loading millions of dollars into a waiting pickup truck.

The money was part of an $80 million currency shipment that had arrived earlier that day, November 6, 2005, on a Lufthansa Airlines flight from Frankfurt.

Information on the robbers began pouring in after a $150,000 reward was offered for tip-offs leading to their capture.

Police then tracked 31-year-old suspect Jeffrey Boatwright to a hotel garage where they found him bound and gagged by kidnappers who were allegedly demanding $500,000 for his release.

The bulk of the $7.4 million has yet to be recovered.

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