The bank robbery was pulled off by a gang of 25 people. They rented a property very close to the bank and made the people believe they were running a landscaping company.
Within a space of three months, they dug an 80-meter tunnel, fitted with electric lights, wood-paneling, and improvised air-conditioning systems
The entrance to the tunnel was about 70 cm square and four meters beneath the surface.
The vault that weekend was filled with brand-new notes and used notes that had been withdrawn from circulation. The robbers took only the used notes because the bank had kept no record of their serial numbers. This was one of the wisest decisions they made. None of the money they took was traceable.
They disabled the bank's alar
ms and sensors and were able to drill through one-meter steel-reinforced concrete to the vault and made away with 40 million pounds.
They left with no trace.
Out of the 25 people suspected to be in the gang, only eight were arrested and only a small fraction of the money was recovered.
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