article_snippet.sent: Using a flat-pack wooden cabinet as a ‘Trojan Horse’, one of the thieves was to hide inside.
article_snippet.sent: Gang   then planned to put real money in a briefcase and show a briefcase to a jeweller at a pre-arranged meeting, before placing a briefcase on the floor.
article_snippet.sent: Then, while a price was being agreed at a nearby table, the man in the cabinet would switch the case for one containing counterfeit notes.
article_snippet.sent: Gang   would then walk off with Gang   money and the stolen jewellery.
article_snippet.sent: The idea: They planned to put one of the men inside the desk, show a jeweller real cash in a briefcase and then switch this with an identical case containing counterfeit notes - which he would then take away .
article_snippet.sent: In construction: The gang posing as rich Italian businessmen built the cabinet
article_snippet.sent: so one of The gang posing as rich Italian businessmen built the cabinet could hide inside a large void in the middle and secretly switch a haul of Euros for fake money during a deal .
article_snippet.sent: While a price was agreed, fake money would be switched by the man hidden inside the cabinet for an identical brief case containing the worthless counterfeit notes .
highlights_snippet.sent: Gang  built cabinet so one of Gang   could hide inside large void in middle .
  