Robbery in London - 300 deposit boxes

[WCZ]

drilling 2 meters of concrete with a hilti DD would make st loads of noise and need loads of drill bits - especially considering they needed to create a crawl hole.

absolutely nuts!

[Pesty]

Laurel Green said:

jammy_basturd said:

This was a really masterminded heist.

Very interesting, thanks for posting.

silly,silly way to get caught. after all that planning just dump evidence in a wood with direct links to you and the place that got robbed.

if i were his comrades and a bit dodgy he would be looking over his back when he gets out.

[pork911]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Diamond_Affair

[Pesty]

pork911 said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Diamond_Affair

flipin hell.

[pork911]

Pesty said:

pork911 said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Diamond_Affair

flipin hell.

that's just a brief summary

[Scuffers]

WCZ said:

drilling 2 meters of concrete with a hilti DD would make st loads of noise and need loads of drill bits - especially considering they needed to create a crawl hole.

absolutely nuts!

I don't believe they went though 2M of wall, I think that's just press bullsh*t.

if you look at the old film from when it was opened, the wall thickness asides the door don't look anything like 2M, more like 3-4 feet.

drill wise, that's a bit drill, and apparently they had two of them, I have seen smaller ones of those go through 12" reinforced concrete including RSJ's in minutes.

Only issue I can see is they would have had to do it in at least 3 'steps'

[soad]

mybrainhurts said:

Looking for pointers. How do I unload diamonds?

Slow down, Franky, my son. When in Rome…

[Oakey]

Scuffers said:

I don't believe they went though 2M of wall, I think that's just press bullsh*t.

if you look at the old film from when it was opened, the wall thickness asides the door don't look anything like 2M, more like 3-4 feet.

drill wise, that's a bit drill, and apparently they had two of them, I have seen smaller ones of those go through 12" reinforced concrete including RSJ's in minutes.

Only issue I can see is they would have had to do it in at least 3 'steps'

If the timeline that's been printed in the media is anything to go they were in the building around 9.30pm the Thursday night and done drilling by early Friday morning.

[PurpleTurtle]

Pesty said:

Laurel Green said:

jammy_basturd said:

This was a really masterminded heist.

Very interesting, thanks for posting.

silly,silly way to get caught. after all that planning just dump evidence in a wood with direct links to you and the place that got robbed.

if i were his comrades and a bit dodgy he would be looking over his back when he gets out.

A fascinating read, can't quite believe how such meticulous plannung could come unstuck in such an amateur way though. 5 mins effort spent burning the lot, home and dry.

[Luke Warm]

Hatton Garden gang ‘struck two years ago’ in £8m Berlin raid
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/articl...

[V8 Fettler]

Luke Warm said:

Hatton Garden gang ‘struck two years ago’ in £8m Berlin raid
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/articl...

Someone has stolen most of the story from the link

[User33678888]

Flawless 100 carat diamond up for auction at Sotheby's

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32391156

That was apparently Mr Adams pension until a couple of weeks ago..

[marcgti6]

Laurel Green said:

Very interesting, thanks for posting.

+1, thanks. Love reading stuff like that.

[Laurel Green]

User33678888 said:

Flawless 100 carat diamond up for auction at Sotheby's

Thing is, at a 100 carats, no one will believe it's real.

[jmorgan]

Love to be rich enough to buy that then lob it off a bridge in London shouting "finders keepers"

[turbobloke]

User33678888 said:

Flawless 100 carat diamond up for auction at Sotheby's

Today's NBC headline: 100-Carat Diamond Sells for $22 Million at Auction in New York City.

[Muncher]

That looks a piece of piss to drill through, I could do that with my core drill in a couple of hours!

[Luke Warm]

Edited by Luke Warm on Wednesday 22 April 12:14

[Deisel Weisel]

50cm? Were there not claims the wall was 2 metres thick?

[Muncher]

Does it look like they've had a go at the mechanism first and then started to drill? How did they open the vault door?