Top 5 Greatest Robberies

Here are the top 5 greatest Robberies:

5. Graff Jewelers - £40 million

It happened on 6th august 2009 in New Bond Street, United Kingdom.  Two men after arrived by taxi, posed as customers entered the store and pulled two their pistols on frightened staff. They held an employee as hostage and then escaped in a blue BMW. After that they switched two vehicles, and disappeared without a trace. Since four men have been arrested relating to this robbery, yet main suspect are not found.

4. Banco Central - $70 million

This happened on 6th and 7th august, 2005 in Brazil. This is a master planned robbery. A group of people rented a house and made a tunnel to the Banks vault.  The interesting fact is that this tunnel is fully air conditioned. They choosed the weekend for this operation. This is a master planned robbery. A group of people rented a house and made a tunnel to the Banks vault. $70 million, that is 5 containers of cash weighing 3.5 tonne. They disabled the bank sensors and alarms. The money was not numbered sequentially, so it came impossible to trace.

3. The Great Train Robbery - £2.6 million

 

This robbery happened on 8th August 1963 in Buckhamshire, United Kingdom. This is equal to $74 million nowadays. Ronnie Biggs, part of a 15 strong gang led by Bruce Reynolds, who robbed a mail train in 1963. They robbed 120 mail bags with no guns. Police have managed to get all their finger prints. And they captured 12 out of 15. But Ronnie Biggs managed to escape prison in 1965. He had plastic surgery and fled to Brazil via Paris and Australia, and remained on the run until his voluntary return to Britain in 2001. He was once again incarcerated but was released in 2009 due to ill health.

  

2. Brinks Mat Warehouse - £26 million

This robbery took place on 26th November, 1983 in United Kingdom. Six men brokeed in to the warehouse of Brinks Mat expecting to find £3 million, but they found £26 million instead. Brian Robinson, the mastermind of the robbery. Robinson was sentenced to 25 years in prison. 3 tonnes of the gold has never been recovered and is believed to be in circulation after being melted down.

1. Kent Securitas Depot - £53 million

This robbery took place on 22nd February, 2006 in Kent, United Kingdom. It was a gold coin robbery.  Colin Dixon, the manager of the Depot, was driving home after work when he was subsequently pulled over by an unmarked police car and placed “under arrest” where he was transferred to a white van. Simultaneously, his wife and son were taken hostage by uniformed “police officers” and then taken to the Depot the next day at gunpoint, where Dixon was informed that they would be killed if he did not cooperate. Over 30 people have been arrested in connection with the crime, one as far away as Morocco. Several have been convicted and are currently serving prison sentences. Almost £20 million has been recovered so far.