Brinks Mat Gold Bullion Robbery

The brink s mat robbery occurred at the heathrow international trading estate london on 26 november 1983.

Brinks mat gold bullion robbery. He was the police intelligence officer who identified noye as a suspect in the notorious brink s mat 26m gold bullion robbery and began the surveillance operation from an old religious retreat. Two men were convicted at the old bailey yesterday of laundering pounds 14m of the proceeds from the pounds 26m brink s mat bullion robbery. The unsolved mystery golden sands. The conversion of 26 million worth of bullion into cash was to prove a major headache for the gang and they were forced to approach a senior underworld figure known only as the fox.

A new book the curse of brink s mat by wensley clarkson traces the fate of the men whose lives became entwined with the case. The heist gang came into riches image. The gold taken was worth around 500million at today s gold prices. 30 years on from britain s most notorious gold robbery ross mcguinness for metro friday 22 nov 2013 6 00 am share this article via facebook share this article via twitter share.

The bullion was the property of johnson matthey bankers ltd which collapsed the following year after making large loans to frauds and insolvent firms. The brink s mat bullion theft remains one of the biggest and most notorious heists ever to take place in britain. Time to look again at the curse of brink s mat. 26 million equivalent to 100 million in 2019 worth of gold bullion diamonds and cash was stolen from a warehouse.

The view from noye s spanish villa it is 17 years since a gang of armed masked robbers burst into a warehouse near heathrow airport one november night beat up and poured petrol over the security guards and made off with the goods they were guarding.