The Hatton Garden Heist

[DanaC]

Have any of youse guys been following the reports about this? I've been seeing headlines about it in the news but hadn't really paid much attention to it (lost in Lost).

Having read a couple of pieces on it now, it's kind of interesting. It's like something out of an episode of Elementary.

In a heist befitting another “Ocean’s 11” sequel, crafty crooks bored a massive hole to raid an apparently not-so-safe deposit center in London — making off with more than $300 million in jewelry.

The thieves used a heavy-duty drill to enter the vault and open 72 deposit boxes at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd. between April 2 and April 5, the BBC reported.

The British Metropolitan Police released an image showing the gaping hole in the concrete, measuring roughly 20 inches deep, 18 inches wide and 10 inches tall.

Power tools, crowbars and discarded boxes were found inside. The crooks carted their loot away in wheeled trash cans.

The burglars are still at large.

Many of the boxes’ contents were uninsured, so the true value will likely never be known.

Rest of story and more pics here:

http://nypost.com/2015/04/22/crooks-...m-jewel-heist/