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As many as 70 deposit boxes were opened during a raid in London's jewellery quarter, police have said.
Burglars gained entry to Hatton Garden Safe Deposit over the Easter weekend. Scotland Yard was alerted on Tuesday.
Officers said a "slow and painstaking process" of forensically examining the scene was under way.
Ex-Flying Squad chief Roy Ramm has said he "would not be surprised" if the jewellery stolen during the raid was worth as much as £200m.
The Met, which has not yet commented on the worth of the jewellery stolen, said it was "photographing the scene and recovering exhibits in meticulous detail".
It said the burglars used heavy equipment to break into a vault used mainly by jewellers and gold dealers.
A spokesman said: "Officers are working closely with Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd to establish the identities of those affected.
"Police will be contacting victims directly as and when they are identified."
Mr Ramm told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "There's a sort of old-fashioned audacity about it.
"The amount of money and the goods that are taken is never fully revealed... and there's a good chance that not everybody would declare.
"I would not be surprised, given where this one is in Hatton Garden, if £200m is around about the amount stolen."
Norman Bean, who had a diamond ring and bracelets stored at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, said he was told the burglars accessed the vault via a lift shaft.
"They went down the lift shaft, made a big hole in the wall, got into the safe deposit and I think they drilled into the boxes.
"They could have been there all weekend, who knows? It's a disgrace, it's like something out of a film," added Mr Bean.
Michael Miller fears he has lost £50,000 worth of jewellery
Michael Miller, a jeweller from Knightsbridge, said he "felt sick" at the prospect of losing up to £50,000 of uninsured jewellery and watches.
He said a £5,000 watch he bought for his son on the day he was born might have been stolen and he felt "dismay, shock and disbelief" when he heard the news.
Diamond jewellery expert Lewis Malka, who works in Hatton Garden, added: "With the robbers having probably four days over the Easter weekend, there's a good chance that they went through everything."
As many where in church over the weekend, seems others had a working weekend in the vaults......
step forward the flying squad CCDA to solve the crime of decade .....
Burglars gained entry to Hatton Garden Safe Deposit over the Easter weekend. Scotland Yard was alerted on Tuesday.
Officers said a "slow and painstaking process" of forensically examining the scene was under way.
Ex-Flying Squad chief Roy Ramm has said he "would not be surprised" if the jewellery stolen during the raid was worth as much as £200m.
The Met, which has not yet commented on the worth of the jewellery stolen, said it was "photographing the scene and recovering exhibits in meticulous detail".
It said the burglars used heavy equipment to break into a vault used mainly by jewellers and gold dealers.
A spokesman said: "Officers are working closely with Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd to establish the identities of those affected.
"Police will be contacting victims directly as and when they are identified."
Mr Ramm told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "There's a sort of old-fashioned audacity about it.
"The amount of money and the goods that are taken is never fully revealed... and there's a good chance that not everybody would declare.
"I would not be surprised, given where this one is in Hatton Garden, if £200m is around about the amount stolen."
Norman Bean, who had a diamond ring and bracelets stored at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, said he was told the burglars accessed the vault via a lift shaft.
"They went down the lift shaft, made a big hole in the wall, got into the safe deposit and I think they drilled into the boxes.
"They could have been there all weekend, who knows? It's a disgrace, it's like something out of a film," added Mr Bean.
Michael Miller fears he has lost £50,000 worth of jewellery
Michael Miller, a jeweller from Knightsbridge, said he "felt sick" at the prospect of losing up to £50,000 of uninsured jewellery and watches.
He said a £5,000 watch he bought for his son on the day he was born might have been stolen and he felt "dismay, shock and disbelief" when he heard the news.
Diamond jewellery expert Lewis Malka, who works in Hatton Garden, added: "With the robbers having probably four days over the Easter weekend, there's a good chance that they went through everything."
As many where in church over the weekend, seems others had a working weekend in the vaults......
step forward the flying squad CCDA to solve the crime of decade .....
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To leave £200m worth of merchandise unguarded might be considered a tad careless.
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Two things to look out for on Bank holiday weekends: Pikeys setting up camp and theives tunneling into a safe deposit vault.
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Apparently abseiled down the lift shaft and got through a 2ft thick concrete wall to the vault , so pretty spectacular!
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Good luck to them.
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Seems 90% of the boxes were for jewellers but the others were rented by 'private individuals' . 1.01 that one of the private individuals is behind it as major criminals are big customers for safety deposit.
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I would assume as the bank have no idea what's in the boxes, there can be no insurance claims.
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When the Knightsbridge one happened in 1987 I recall reading 40% of the victims never came forward , presumably as the stuff stolen from them they had stolen themselves, or else was videos/letters they were using to blackmail people with. Will never know the value of this sort of raid.
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I think we can rule out Noel Edmonds being with the gang. It would have taken a few weeks to open that many boxes.
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only 8 comments since this came out yesterday? poor poor poor
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fantastic work, well done to all involved
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no one hurt, some very wealthy people are now .... very wealthy still. Everyones a winner.
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Fans of the BBC4 series 'Salamander' (set in Belgium) will be agog as to what might happen next.
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story broke last night, or am i mistaken
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ffs ,was just saying amazed no thread for 24 hrs
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lol tober?
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soz : '!'
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Holburn fire got something to do with it (nap)
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The 'ffs' was not irritation at you , just the forum as I quoted you and posted something which didn't appear.
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hmmm -... would be nice if there was a connection
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Michael Miller, a jeweller from Knightsbridge, said he "felt sick" at the prospect of losing up to £50,000 of uninsured jewellery and watches.
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oh absoluterly tober, I never thought otherwise - i posted 'lol tober' because youwere making the same point, a badly overdue point, as i had just made.
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lool - this thread is rocking now !
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(soz ; 'look', not 'lool' which sounds like drunk teenager-speak0
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Inside job - Nap. The fire was on the Wednesday night wasn't it, but are we thinking that could have weakened the alarm in some way?
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Sexy Beast one of my favorite films - hope this went down just the same way they did it in the fillum
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Havent seen Ray winstone on my tellybox for a good few days now... very sus.
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inside help for sure, they had to knew where to blow through the lift shaft to access the vault
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'repelling down a lift-shaft'
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Odd how people cheer this. But I'm sure they are a bunch of loveable rogues who would never harm anyone who stood in their way and no doubt they all love their muvvers.
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anybody wanna buy a nice watch?
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Lets hope its not foreigners...coming over here stealing our jobs , stealing.
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These robbers are way too clever for the old bill. Good luck to them , hope they never get caught.
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These robbers are way too clever for the old bill. Good luck to them , hope they never get caught.
A lot like the Bankers Gawd Bless em |
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nothing like the bankers
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08 Apr 15 19:00 These robbers are way too clever for the old bill. Good luck to them , hope they never get caught. Would you like to change your mind?  I've heard they're UKIP voters. |
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True, bankers don't cover you in petrol and burn you alive if you don't open the safe.
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I think you're getting confused with the IS T&C
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Jason Statham plays the ring-leader in the film (nap)
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