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Armed gang steals $59m in UK heist
An armed gang disguised as police has stolen more than 25 million pounds sterling ($A59 million) from a security depot in southern England after abducting its manager and his family, the Bank of England said.
There were unconfirmed reports that the final figure could be up to 40 million pounds ($94.7 million), making it the biggest heist in British history.
The manager of the Securitas main cash depot in Tonbridge in Kent was pulled over while driving on Tuesday evening by what he believed was an unmarked police car, Kent Police said.
He got into the car, was handcuffed, threatened at gunpoint and told to cooperate or his family would be hurt.
Two other robbers disguised as police abducted his wife and son from their home, telling them the manager had been involved in an accident.
Six men, some armed with handguns, threatened and tied up staff at the security depot.
The shocked but uninjured staff activated an alarm around an hour after the robbery. The manager, his wife and son were also unhurt.
A raid at the Northern Bank's Belfast headquarters in December 2004 netted 26.5 million pounds, making it the biggest cash theft in British and Irish history at that time.
-AFP
An armed gang disguised as police has stolen more than 25 million pounds sterling ($A59 million) from a security depot in southern England after abducting its manager and his family, the Bank of England said.
There were unconfirmed reports that the final figure could be up to 40 million pounds ($94.7 million), making it the biggest heist in British history.
The manager of the Securitas main cash depot in Tonbridge in Kent was pulled over while driving on Tuesday evening by what he believed was an unmarked police car, Kent Police said.
He got into the car, was handcuffed, threatened at gunpoint and told to cooperate or his family would be hurt.
Two other robbers disguised as police abducted his wife and son from their home, telling them the manager had been involved in an accident.
Six men, some armed with handguns, threatened and tied up staff at the security depot.
The shocked but uninjured staff activated an alarm around an hour after the robbery. The manager, his wife and son were also unhurt.
A raid at the Northern Bank's Belfast headquarters in December 2004 netted 26.5 million pounds, making it the biggest cash theft in British and Irish history at that time.
-AFP