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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHatton Garden safe deposit raid: police arrest nine suspects aged 48 - 76
all British white males contrary to the initial speculation about Eastern Europeans.
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Reminds me of the Great Train Robbery
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/19/hatton-garden-safe-deposit-raid-police-arrest-seven-suspects
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Scotland Yard say they have found highly valuable property stolen during the Hatton Garden heist stashed in bags, following a series of coordinated police raids by more than 200 officers which have led to the arrest of nine suspects.
Three pensioners, the oldest aged 76, were among those detained during the raids in London and Kent after Scotland Yard detectives used covert tactics to identify suspects.
One of the addresses being searched was an £800,000 property in Dartford, Kent. Two arrests were made at the property, of males aged 50 and 76. According to official documents, two males called Paul and Brian Reader were registered as living at the address.
As well as the arrests in Dartford, another four men aged 48, 58, 67 and 74 were arrested in Enfield, north London, while a seventh man, aged 59, was arrested in east London.
Any bets these are 'public school' boys
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)malaise
(269,020 posts)Shows that you can do anything on that long Easter Weekend - the robbery was planned to perfection - did you see the thickness of those walls.
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)malaise
(269,020 posts)monmouth4
(9,708 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)malaise
(269,020 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)See the Wonga Coup.
drray23
(7,633 posts)called "les tontons flingeurs" circa 1963 with lino ventura, jean lefevre, bernard blier,etc. all huge star french actors. its about older gangsters who were retired and go back into action to take care of business. its one of the most hilarious movie ever. if you understand french, get the dvd.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)probably doing one last, big "job". No violence, nobody got hurt, they just stole valuables from rich people. Still, it's good that they were caught. And there will indeed be some good movie roles for some aging actors.
malaise
(269,020 posts)http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/21/tenth-man-arrested-over-hatton-garden-heist
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Eight men have appeared in court charged with plotting to steal more than £10m worth of jewellery and other valuable items from safe deposit boxes in Londons Hatton Garden district.
Terry Perkins, 67, Daniel Jones, 58, and Hugh Doyle, 48, all from Enfield, appeared at Westminster magistrates court alongside William Lincoln, 59, of Bethnal Green, east London, and John Collins, 74, of north London. Brian Reader, 76, and Paul Reader, 50, both of Dartford, and Carl Wood, 58, of Cheshunt also appeared.
The men appeared side by side in two rows in the dock, dressed in a variety of grey, black and brown jumpers, while a number of them wore glasses. Perkins spectacles hung around his neck by a cord.
GoneOffShore
(17,339 posts)There was mention of a second hand car dealership in Kent.
Lots of "tea leaves" down that way, if you know what I mean.
malaise
(269,020 posts)the second hand dealership part
muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)...
Officers said bags containing a significant amount of high-value property had been recovered at one of the addresses and they were confident some were items stolen during the burglary.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-32822298
malaise
(269,020 posts)although the trial could be interesting
muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)What'll be interesting is how they found them - a grass, or detective work?
malaise
(269,020 posts)caught them