The Guardian: Armed gang takes £40m in cash depot raid
An armed gang escaped with up to £40m million in a raid on a high-security cash storage depot yesterday in what is thought to be one of the biggest robberies in history.
During a meticulously-planned operation, the depot’s manager and his family were abducted by two groups of men posing as police officers, while other gang members tied up all 15 members of staff.
The haul was so enormous that gang members drove a 7.5-tonne truck into the depot at Tonbridge, Kent, in the early hours of yesterday morning to take the money away. The cash belonged to the Bank of England, and had been due to be distributed to banking customers around the south-east of England. It is thought the gang may have been aware that February is the month when the greatest amount of money is taken out of circulation and held briefly in storage.
Soource: The Guardian
