Thieves pull off biggest robbery in UK history
 

(in US dollars it is about $44m)

Police probe multi-million pound robbery

More than £25m in cash has been stolen from a depot in Kent after its security manager and his family were kidnapped by armed robbers posing as police.

The raid was carried out in the early hours of Wednesday at Securitas, in Vale Road, Tonbridge, by at least six men who tied up 15 staff members.

The manager was abducted after being pulled over in his car by what he thought was an unmarked police vehicle.

The Bank of England confirmed the scale of the raid - one of Europe's biggest.

A Securitas spokesman said "a substantial amount of money running into millions of pounds" had been taken.

He said the exact figure would only be known once a complete audit of the site had been carried out.

The kidnapping of the manager took place at about 1830 GMT on Tuesday.

He was in his silver Nissan Almera on the northbound carriageway of the A249, just past the Three Squirrels public house near Stockbury, when he was pulled over by what he believed was a police vehicle.

He was spoken to by a passenger wearing a high visibility jacket and a police-style hat.

Thinking they were genuine police officers, he got into the kidnappers' vehicle where he was handcuffed.

At the same time, the man's wife and young son were taken from their home in Herne Bay after two men claiming to be police officers said he had been involved in an accident.

The depot manager was transferred to a white van, tied up at gunpoint, and then driven to another location where he was told to co-operate or his family would be in danger.

At about 0100 GMT on Wednesday, he was taken by car to the Securitas depot and the raid was carried out.

The balaclava-clad robbers, some of whom had handguns, left at about 0215 GMT.

The staff who had been tied up managed to raise the alarm about an hour later - police officers found them with the manager and his family.

They were all shocked but unhurt and police said they were now recovering from the ordeal.

Securitas spokesman Tony Benson said: "Members of our staff have had inflicted on them the most terrible and traumatic experience.

"The fact that no-one has been physically injured should not mask the brutality of this crime and we are all committed to working with the police to catch those responsible and see justice brought to bear."

Det Supt Paul Gladstone said: "This was a traumatic ordeal for the manager and his family and for all of the staff.

"This was clearly a robbery that was planned in detail over time.

"A very substantial sum of money running into millions of pounds has been stolen and we are determined to bring the robbers to justice."

Police are appealing for information from anyone who may have seen the manager's silver Nissan, or a Volvo or similar vehicle meeting up with a white van.

They also want to trace a 7.5 tonne truck which was used in the robbery itself.

In December 2004 a £26.4m raid at the Northern Bank's Belfast headquarters became the biggest cash heist in UK history.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4739324.stm

Right its time to make a film about it :)

$44 millions?

What the fuck I'm I doing in porn!

I have no doubt that somebody started writing it tonight.

lol same here

Britain has the best police in the world, they'll catch them and I think they'll catch them fast. At least six robbers? There's always one that will fuck up, he'll get drunk in the local pub and he'll say something he shouldn't ;)

p.s. I should watch less tv

If I was manager of a company carting around or storing those amounts of cash I'd be super paranoid. If a cop car pulls me over I'd call the dispatcher to make sure they're legit.

it's an inside job I tell ya

INSIDE JOB!!!!

it was me ;)

Good job, hopefully they get away with it. STICKIN IT TO THE MAN!~

Is George Clooney busy at the moment.

anyone can launder 25 million just visit loads of casinos get some chips & cash them up.

obviously put the money into property

Please god no... No more hollywood garbage like Oceans bla bla.

Bring on some movies that have some realism to them like Heat, The Score etc.

anyone got a good place i can get rid of an almera near canterbury?

The manager was in on it.

The December 2004 hit in Belfast was very similar.

Yea I spend my free time imagining how to rob a bank thats that one blows mine out of the water.

Movie in the making

that's the second highstake kidnap robbery coming out of britain , there was the bank job last year (i think) now this one

not a bad effort

I couldn't live the rest of my life looking over my shoulder or dreading each knock on the door.

seems very well planned and thought out...im pretty impressed...:thumbsup

6 people = someone will talk

With a little help from somebody working inside.. :thumbsup

They think it may be more than that figure now.

Absolutely

It was the same people as the Belfast thing!

Up to 40 million Pounds now.

kudos to the cats that pulled this shit offhttp://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/1211/emil2a.jpghttp://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/1211/larry2.jpg
north hollywood still takes the cake tho

almost worked soon i will figure it out and be cool

good job, I hope they can get away with it .

pictures that is, not robbing banks damn that looks bad

Amen. I hate banks, anytime someone takes one of them -- as long as they dont kill or hurt anyone -- I am all for it.

...needed a 7.5 tonne lorry to load up the cash!

reminds me of Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve :)

Awesome, and yea it did remind me of that flick

Atleast they didn't kill anyone. :)
Money's just money.

You get used to it :uhoh

a lot of money for 6 people to share

hmz.. $44M.. i thought we "got" more out of it :)

yeah because none of the general public is going to end up paying for this down the line.

yeah, they are so lucky robbers if they wouldn't be caught.

Wow...I have always wanted to be part of something like that

there's no money in seo, adult, forums, mainstream, robbery,...

hahahahahaha lol

what about spamming aswell? hahahaha lol :1orglaugh

bingo :winkwink:

The general public from 200 years ago probably paid for it. They are just taking some back for the community.

So you were taught it is okay to be a theif? Remind me what program you work for ?

that's a really big robbery

These guys are good........I love it when I plan comes together...

Mr. Romance

Only way 3 people can keep a secret is if 2 of them are dead.