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Biggest Jewellery Heist In Britain's History - £40 Million St...

by Annina Bergman | August 11, 2009 at 12:05 pm

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A gem heist in London's West End is the biggest in the history of Britain. Two robbers got away with jewellery worth £40 million ($67 million) from Graff Jewellers on August 6th. Scotland Yard has now released video footage of the robbers, who had handguns hidden in their suits. The robbers arrived at the jewellery store in a taxi, were lead through the security doors, and pulled out their guns. They took one employee hostage, but released her before escaping in a blue BMW.

The robbers crashed into another car during their escape, but managed to get away and switch vehicles twice. Scotland Yard suspects that the men handed the jewels to a person on a motorcycle.

Detective Chief Inspector Pam Mace from Scotland Yard’s Flying Squad said: “This was a well planned robbery with a number of vehicles used to help the robbers escape. These men are extremely dangerous and fired at least two shots in busy London streets as they made their getaway.

The biggest jewellery robbery previous to this one took place at the same store in 2003, when robbers managed to get away with gems worth £23 million ($38 million)

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Annina Bergman

at 12:19 on August 11th, 2009

Thank you Sara. It was August 6th.

Sam Birmingham (not verified)

at 03:42 on August 12th, 2009

Yo them mans know what u dont know. Truth be told the police are failing their jobs, what the point of paying them to stop these things from happening when its happening in the same place a before. hahah we might aswell get sum monkey's outa dudley zoo put the cop kits on em and let them patrol.... myt get more sence out ov em.