In the great train robbery of 1963 2 3m worth about 40m today was taken.
Heathrow brinks mat robbery.
Metro looks back at the brink s mat robbery.
They had been planning a heist of 3 million an admirable haul.
The brink s mat robbery occurred at the heathrow international trading estate london on 26 november 1983.
Their goal was to steal 3m in cash.
What they found instead was gold bullion almost 26 million worth to be precise.
In the brinks mat robbery in 1983 26m of gold was stolen from heathrow airport.
The bullion was the property of johnson matthey bankers ltd which collapsed the following year after making large loans to frauds and insolvent firms.
26 million equivalent to 100 million in 2019 worth of gold bullion diamonds and cash was stolen from a warehouse.
Britain s most notorious gold robbery the brinks mat the brink s mat robbery at the heathrow international trading estate on 26 november 1983 saw a record.
The robbery of 26m of gold bars from a warehouse near heathrow airport is one of britain s most notorious and biggest heists.
Over 25m worth of gold bullion bound for the far east was stolen from the brinks mat warehouse about one mile 1 6km outside the airport perimeter between 0630 and 0815 gmt.
An armed gang has carried out britain s largest ever robbery at london s heathrow airport.
In the early morning hours of november 26 1983 six armed men broke into heathrow s brink s mat warehouse.
Thirty years ago a gang of robbers made their way into a warehouse at heathrow airport.
The robbery of gold bullion and jewels worth 26 million from the brink s mat vaults at london s heathrow airport at 6 30am on november 26 1983 remains britain s biggest.
