Ukrainian authorities have detained one of the suspected masterminds behind a multi-million theft in Poland dubbed the “heist of the century.”

The suspect, named only as “Grzegorz Ł.,” was detained on Wednesday in a small locality near the port city of Odessa on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine.

The Ukrainians were tipped off by a special Polish police group that specialises in tracking dangerous criminals. The suspect faces extradition to Poland.

The heist took place in July 2015 in Swarzędz, a town in west-central Poland.

A guard entrusted with money destined for cash machines and branches of the PKO bank drove off in a car carrying over PLN 8 million (USD 2.2m, EUR 1.9m).

The guard had used a false identity when he was employed several months before the heist. He left no fingerprints because he always wore gloves at work.

“Grzegorz Ł.” was the deputy head of a security firm in which the guard had been employed.

(pk/gs)

Source: IAR