http://abc11.com/uncategorized/truc...er-robbed-along-i-95-in-wilson-county/540415/ Now including silver in the description of loss. -bw
Mechanical failure? What are the odds that the guys just happened to be following that truck? Sounds like an inside job.
What to do with the hot gold? The Brinks Mat Bullion Heist | Crime and Investigation http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/brinks-mat-bullion-heist The story of the largest gold heist in British history is a cautionary tale about how tenuous the concept of 'honour amongst thieves' is, especially when the prize is
I have no idea why they went to so much trouble to smelt it down and sell it. I would have just stacked it into a big pile and have been done with it.
So, an armoured truck (would assume it was armoured as the company specialises in bullion transport) pulls over to the side of a highway at 7pm, all the guards get out, then a white van just happens to pull over with 3 robbers who have guns and zip ties at the ready, marches the guards into the handy nearby woods and unloads $4.8M worth of gold bars out of the truck and into their van... doesn't sound suspicious at all. How many tons of gold is $4.8M? How long would that take? No one driving by notices lots and lots and lots of gold bars being unloaded into a van at the side of the road? Would that much gold even fit in a regular van? Smells like BS, an insider job, if not one of the guards then an ex-employee or such.
Actual details seem a bit scarce. One news report says that only 275 pounds of gold was taken from the truck/trailer (4400oz). Why was 4.8M gold being transport in a non-bullet proof/armoured truck/trailer? If it was only 4400oz taken, would make the van robbery theory a bit more realistic. Still, a lot of gold to move from the truck to the van on a highway at 7pm at night without anyone noticing?
4400oz is only 11 x 400oz good delivery bars like this. Source: It wouldn't take long at all to move, maybe a few minutes for 3 guys and any sort of commercial van would have no trouble carrying a load of around 137kg. It still sounds very set up and organized, I hope the robbers are good at casting :lol: