Ana María Ortiz Madrid

Madrid

Updated Wednesday, February 7, 2024-15:06

Agents of the National Police have arrested Errol HV

, 59, considered the mastermind of the biggest robbery in the history of Holland,

on the island of Ibiza .

The event occurred on February 25, 2005 at

Schiphol airport

in Amsterdam, when the detainee, along with several people, assaulted an armored vehicle of the KLM airline, seizing jewelry and diamonds worth more than

72 million. dollars

(about 67 million euros)

.

The perpetrators of the robbery used firearms and great violence against their victims to perpetrate the events.

According to the

National Police

in a press release, the investigation began in November of last year, when the FAST Netherlands informed the Fugitive Location Section, through the ENFAST Network, that on the island of Ibiza could find a fugitive who had a European arrest and surrender warrant issued by the Netherlands for robbery with violence and intimidation.

"After an exhaustive search he was located in a villa on the island and, finally, yesterday afternoon [Tuesday, February 6] he was detected when he was leaving the home aboard a vehicle when he was leaving the home aboard a vehicle in the one who was as co-pilot," reports the Police. "After several kilometers of following, the agents stopped

the vehicle, blocking its path

with three vehicles and proceeded to arrest him," they explain how the arrest was.

Errol had changed his appearance a lot - he had a much more youthful appearance and was much thinner - so the agents do not rule out that he had "

made some cosmetic touches

to change his appearance and not be easily recognized."

Part of the loot from the spectacular Schiphol robbery was immediately recovered in a getaway vehicle, but the rest,

worth around 40 million euros, was not found.

In January 2017, seven suspects - five men and two women, all Dutch, including Errol - were arrested between Amsterdam and Valencia, in a joint operation between both countries.

According to the Dutch media

De Telegraaf

, Erro HV, considered the mastermind of the robbery, was sentenced in 2021 to nine and a half years in prison, but he appealed the sentence and his arrest was not ordered. He disappeared. In October 2023, the Dutch Supreme Court confirmed the sentence and a month later the operation that led to his capture began.

After the arrest, he has been placed at the disposal of the Investigative Court number 6 of the National Court