Brink's-Mat robbery bullion bars bearing the refiner's mark and serial numbers of bars stolen in the Brink's-Mat robbery. According to the police spokesman, the bars were gold-coated tungsten counterfeits, and therefore could not be Johnson Matthey's stolen gold bars. He said that the arrested men planned to fraudulently claim they were from the Heathrow robbery. No explanation was given as to how the counterfeiters obtained the unpublished bar serial numbers, nor the likely benefit of counterfeiting stolen property in this way. A person named Gordon Parry laundered large amounts of cash from the robbery after the disposal of the gold according to
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport Airlines and in 1985 was continuing to operate Twin Otter service between the airport and the American hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Also in 1985, Air Spirit, a commuter air carrier, was operating nonstop flights to Austin with Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante turboprop aircraft as part of a Texarkana - Tyler - Austin route. In 1989, competition had once again resumed on the Tyler-Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) route as two airlines were operating nonstop service between the airport and DFW: American Eagle flying Saab 340 turboprops and Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) flying Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante turboprop service