Suzanne
23-02-06, 09:26 AM
A gang of armed robbers posing as police officers stole up to GBP 40 M in Britain's biggest cash robbery.
The Bank of England confirmed that "more than GBP 25 M" was taken. The raid was so big that senior ministers and officials at the Bank were alerted within hours.
The gang struck in the middle of the night at one of 11 cash management centers run by Securitas, with some of Britain's biggest banks, to service the country's ATM system.
The gang breached the sophisticated defenses of the depot in Tonbridge, Kent, by forcing the manager to take them inside after kidnapping and threatening his wife and small son. In little more than an hour the gang had tied up the 14 staff, loaded a 7.5-tonne lorry - and disappeared.
Securitas staff at the depot in Tonbridge spent the night conducting an audit to assess how much was taken. They are trying to establish the accuracy of claims that as much as GBP 40 M could have been stolen.
The Governor of the Bank of England has called for a review of security arrangements for banknote storage.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=59587
The Bank of England confirmed that "more than GBP 25 M" was taken. The raid was so big that senior ministers and officials at the Bank were alerted within hours.
The gang struck in the middle of the night at one of 11 cash management centers run by Securitas, with some of Britain's biggest banks, to service the country's ATM system.
The gang breached the sophisticated defenses of the depot in Tonbridge, Kent, by forcing the manager to take them inside after kidnapping and threatening his wife and small son. In little more than an hour the gang had tied up the 14 staff, loaded a 7.5-tonne lorry - and disappeared.
Securitas staff at the depot in Tonbridge spent the night conducting an audit to assess how much was taken. They are trying to establish the accuracy of claims that as much as GBP 40 M could have been stolen.
The Governor of the Bank of England has called for a review of security arrangements for banknote storage.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=59587