Swiss police arrest 80-year-old man for bank robbery

By Fatih Erel

GENEVA (AA) - Police arrested an 80-year-old man on Monday for suspected involvement in a masked bank robbery in Lucerne canton, Swiss media reports said Tuesday.

According to Blick newspaper, Lucerne canton prosecutors said the suspect was arrested in Lucerne for the bank robbery carried out in late December.

Police did not say how much money the robber got away with.

The suspect was arrested from his apartment in front of his wife who said she knew nothing about the robbery.