Sun, 26 May, 2013 04:17:18 AM
FTimes-STT Report, May 26
Snatchers in guise of police took away valuables and cash from a Brazilian tourist group in Helsinki on Friday afternoon.
The incident took place when three Brazilian tourists approached a Spanish speaking person at Katajanokka area and asked for an address. Two persons in guise of policemen rushed to the spot and asked for their passports and checked their bags.
The snatchers accused the tourists of looking for drugs from the Spanish person. While checking their bags the snatchers took away at least EUR 2000 and USD 2000 from the tourists and fled the scene in a car.
Police is investigating the case of robbery and impersonating as police.
