Nuuk youth try hand at bank robbery

There was another “first” in Greenland recently: Nuuk’s first bank robbery.

The break-in at the Greenland Bank, which occurred in late October, was a night-time operation: burglars tried to open the safe, with no success, but took 2,000 krøner (about $400) from one of the counters.

The identity of the thieves came to light recently when a mother came to the police station in Nuuk with her 17-year old son and a cash bag from the Greenland Bank.

The mother of the young man found the bag in the boy’s bedroom. There was only 400 kroner ($100) left.