The Greatest Diamond Heist of All Time Was Foiled By a Salami Sandwich

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The diamond district had very strict photography laws, but Notarbartolo was an experienced thief. He had a high-resolution camera lens implanted inside the shell of a highlighter pen. This camera stored 100 hi-res photos, which was perfect for photographing the security system in the vault. Notarbartolo started taking photographs of the police checkpoint at the beginning of the walk to get to the vault, all the way into the vault, documenting how tight the security was down there…

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