Hatton Garden heist - Massive SDB theft in London

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  1. goldpelican

    goldpelican Administrator Staff Member

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    Well.

    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/08/europe/london-hatton-garden-heist/index.html

    No shit Sherlock.

    :|

    Spread your metal, spread your risk :/
     
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    goldpelican Administrator Staff Member

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    The video in the above link shows where the crooks smashed into the top of the brick liftwell on the building for access into the building, and later bricked it up with new bricks and mortar afterwards!

    Security guard told a customer "I don't get paid enough" in response to when he was asked why he didn't bother to enter the building and check the premises when an alarm was triggered on Friday.
     
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    It's in the news no end over here, getting bored of hearing about it.

    I guess it's a welcome distraction from the constant yap about the impending General election.

    Yawn
     
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  4. sammysilver

    sammysilver Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    My guess is, is that silver was probably the least desirable valuable to be snitched because of its weight. Portability, the main advantage gold has over silver proves to be a negative in this instance.
     
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    SpacePete Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    :eek:
     
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    Well that's a bunch of bollocks! Don't get paid enough lol.

    I hope the SDBs in Singapore are a step above the rest when in comes to security. Apparently Degussa will be the next player opening up SDBs in Singapore.
     
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    JulieW Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    More pics of the Royals?

    :D

     
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    I would imagine that a lot of secrets are held in these boxes.
    Just imagine A few people sweating bullets at the mo:)
     
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    Sounds like they might have watched this excellent TV series.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_(TV_series)
     
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    Sexy Beast is the best SDB heist movie of all time.
     
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    they had a top bricklayer who could abseil in the gang
     
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    SpacePete Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    The security guard who heard the alarm said "I don't get paid enough" when asked why he didn't investigate :lol:

    Pic from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-district-steal-300-safety-deposit-boxes.html

    [​IMG]
     
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    if they only managed to open 70 out 600 (assuming they selected boxes randomly), the gang may have of found it difficult to open the remaining 500 boxes or maybe they didn't bring enough trucks.
     
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    They probably had time to look up customer records and only hit the boxes they figured were worth hitting. Faced with the choice of "London Diamonds R Us" or "Ms Hetty Smith, 93", Hetty probably got to keep her husband's war medals.
     
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    clear Well-Known Member

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    This is a big story but not yet reported by the Australian media.
     
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    Seen it here in Sydney on TV a couple of times.
     
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    I love how a company has hundreds of millions in goods stored but are to cheap to have 24hr surveillance of the sit.
    I don't blame the lone security guard. If he had entered alone then we would have heard that security guard dead in botched robbery.
     
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    anyone else think that the security guard could have being involved?
    just a hunch
     
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    He was probably just some guy on minimum wage with minimal training. If he was involved then he'd have done a runner by now.
     
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    put a sticker on your safe box
    "lay here inside this box paper documents only"
     
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