Hatton Garden heist - Massive SDB theft in London

[goldpelican]

Well.

London (CNN) - The Hatton Garden heist, as it will surely come to be known, was every safe deposit box holder's nightmare, every movie director's dream.

Thieves using heavy cutting equipment and rappelling gear broke into the vault of an esteemed 60-year-old safe deposit company in the heart of London over the past holiday weekend, possibly taking advantage of as many as four days to rifle through an uncounted number of safe deposit boxes. And they reportedly got away with hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of gems and cash -- even, in the educated guess of one former police official, as much as 200 million pounds, or $300 million.

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

Customers displeased

No shit Sherlock.

Because of the long Easter weekend, police did not hear of the robbery until Tuesday morning. This may prove to be an embarrassment, as the Telegraph newspaper reported that the alarm at the business sounded Friday but, as the front and back doors still appeared locked, no action was taken.

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Spread your metal, spread your risk :/

 

[goldpelican]

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.

 

[Danny-boy]

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

 

[sammysilver]

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.

 

[SpacePete]

Because of the long Easter weekend, police did not hear of the robbery until Tuesday morning. This may prove to be an embarrassment, as the Telegraph newspaper reported that the alarm at the business sounded Friday but, as the front and back doors still appeared locked, no action was taken.

 

[Altima]

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.

 

[JulieW]

More pics of the Royals?

Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200465/

 

[sterling-nz]

More pics of the Royals?

Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200465/

I would imagine that a lot of secrets are held in these boxes.
Just imagine A few people sweating bullets at the mo

 

[BigSteve]

More pics of the Royals?

Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200465/

I would imagine that a lot of secrets are held in these boxes.
Just imagine A few people sweating bullets at the mo

Sounds like they might have watched this excellent TV series.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_(TV_series)

 

[phrenzy]

Sexy Beast is the best SDB heist movie of all time.

 

[clear]

they had a top bricklayer who could abseil in the gang

 

[SpacePete]

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

He said he came on Friday, the alarm was going off. 'He went downstairs, looked through the door, through the windows and couldn't see anything and came out again, that was it. I said, "Well why didn't you open up and have a look in?" He told me he doesn't get paid enough.'

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

 

[clear]

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.

 

[goldpelican]

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.

 

[clear]

This is a big story but not yet reported by the Australian media.

 

[sammysilver]

This is a big story but not yet reported by the Australian media.

Seen it here in Sydney on TV a couple of times.

 

[serial]

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.

 

[shinymetal]

anyone else think that the security guard could have being involved?
just a hunch

 

[SpacePete]

anyone else think that the security guard could have being involved?
just a hunch

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.

 

[alor]

put a sticker on your safe box
"lay here inside this box paper documents only"