Posted on 08/11/2009 4:11:18 PM PDT by snowsislander
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
In what police believe is the second-largest heist in Britain, armed robbers stole almost £40 million from a London jewellery shop on August 6.
Two men armed with handguns held up employees of the Graff jewellers shop on New Bond Street, taking 43 items, among them expensive watches, bracelets, and rings. The duo escaped in a blue BMW, which they soon abandoned for a Mercedes. After driving to Farm Street, it is believed they may have got away in a third vehicle.
"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," said Detective Chief Inspector Pam Mace.
"Someone knows who these men are, they would undoubtedly have spoken about it beforehand or boasted about it afterwards," she added. "I would urge anyone who recognises them, knows the whereabouts of the jewellery or has any other information to contact us."
Strict handgun laws keep handguns out of the hands of the lawabiding --- lawbreakers pay no heed to such gun control laws, but they are thankful that honest citizens are not armed.
£40 million aint chump change. How many $ is that?
That’s impossible! There are no guns in England!
Looks like Duke’s BKB Coach K
I believe that at today's exchange rate, that would be around $66,000,000 (Bloomberg is giving the rate at 1 British pound buys $1.6488.)
Only the lawabiding are disarmed --- criminals pay no attention to gun control laws, and are delighted that honest citizens are unarmed.
How is it that some store has $66 million in jewels? Dang.
40 million insurance pounds equal about 500,000 real pounds. HAHA!
Didn’t think I needed a sarcasm tag on that! But looks like I did!
Warning....sarcasm is in frequent use to illustrate the absurdity of liberalism.
Dang , I was planning that gig they beat me to it... The Harry Winston take in Paris last year was sweet too...
It wasn’t just that the store had $66 million in jewelry, it was that 43 items were worth $66 million.
Those are some serious pieces of jewelry and that likely means that many of those pieces were already pre-sold by the thieves before the heist.
These were real pros most likely and they will not be “turned in” by their clients and they will likely not be talking about it.
Graff has a LOT more than 66 Million in thier inventory on Bond St....a LOT more.
“A Fish Called Wanda”?
K-K-K-Ken
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