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Originally a minor character in the 15-man gang, Ronnie Bigg’s efforts to escape justice made his name synonymous with the Great Train Robbery.
And it’s not hard to see why, with surreal moments like this. A gang of ex-British soldiers kidnapped Biggs from a bar in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil had no extradition treaty with Britain) and they smuggled him to Barbados by yacht.
It was while drifting on a boat that Barbados police found and rescued the criminal from the kidnappers...