Guard steals millions of euros

FRANKFURT, Germany -- The driver of a German armoured truck has stolen up to 20 million euros ($17.5 million) after threatening his co-driver.

The truck was delivering the cash to a bank in central Frankfurt when the 23-year-old French driver pulled into a car park and pulled a gun on his colleague.

He forced the 49-year-old German guard into the security compartment of the van, where he was handcuffed, police told CNN.

Two other men then entered the vehicle and drove to a private parking garage where they transferred the money to another vehicle and fled.

The white Mercedes van left the security company's base at 8.45 a.m. local time (0745 GMT) from Neder Eschbach, near Frankfurt, to deliver the money to banks in Frankfurt, Germany's financial capital.

Police found the security van at 9.40 a.m. local time (0840 GMT) after passers-by heard the handcuffed guards cries for help. He was uninjured.