By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Moscow : A group of armed robbers raided a factory in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan in the early morning hours Sunday, making off with platinum worth 180 million rubles ($5.7 million), police said Monday.
The 10 masked perpetrators, armed with automatic weapons and pistols, bound and gagged the four night watchmen at OJSC Steklovolokno and stole 42 platinum sheets used in the factory’s glass moulding forms. Each of the sheets weighs about 4 kg.