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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 11:42 amPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:10 pmPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:51 pmPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 2:00 pmThe men entered the building in London's jewellery quarter first on the Thursday evening before the Easter weekend and working through the night, then returning on Saturday and working overnight again to complete the job.
They identified three men, called Males A, B and C, and a white van they are believed to have used.
There was no sign of forced entry to the outside of the building, police said.
The gangs had disabled the communal lift on the second floor and then used the lift shaft to climb down into the basement.
They then made their way to the vault, where they used a heavy duty drill - a Hilti DD350 - to bore holes into the two-metre, re-enforced concrete vault wall.
They stole from 72 deposit boxes.
Detective chief inspector Paul Johnson said the CCTV images showed the suspects using a side door to make their way to and from the premises.
"They were highly audacious entering on two occasions over that weekend, firstly on Thursday April 2 at 20.19 before leaving the following morning at approximately 08.12," he said.
"They then returned over a day later on Saturday, April 4 at approx 22.17 before leaving the following morning at approximately 06.44.
"This footage, along with other material, was already recovered by police at the earliest opportunity, and continues to be evaluated to capture the precise movements of the suspects."
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:22 pmPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 2:05 amscudo wrote: a Hilti DD350 - to bore holes into the two-metre, re-enforced concrete vault wall.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04 ... _hp_ref=uk
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 2:55 amPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 3:46 amDeadlock wrote:
The alarm was ignored by the police! You've gotta have some luck to get away with something like this, and that was theirs.
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 3:49 amDeadlock wrote:
On page 3 of the antique locks link, there's a post by safeman. In it, he says, ''It will not be surprising to learn that the 2 meter figure mentioned includes the foundation structure against which the concrete is poured.'' Can somebody explain what that means exactly?
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:34 amkerti wrote:
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:45 amDeadlock wrote:kerti wrote:Deadlock wrote:
The alarm was ignored by the police! You've gotta have some luck to get away with something like this, and that was theirs.
Such companies do not use private security company to guard their buildings in UK?
Normal alarm system will inform the guard and owner what zone is alarmed.CCTV cameras would be inside vault too.
Police absolutely useless. The owner for his greed will be pay.Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 6:10 am
I had some trouble editing that post. Hopefully it makes more sense now.Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:57 amDeadlock wrote:
No mention of a private security firm. The thing is, Hatton Garden is just north-east of the centre of London. As the crow flies, it's about a mile and a half from Trafalgar Square. This isn't some industrial estate on the edge of town.
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:15 amDeadlock wrote: They're still saying it's 2 metres of concrete, which just seems incredible.
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:18 am