Brink's-Mat robbery deposit burglary in April 2015. The Brink's-Mat robbery occurred early on 26 November 1983 when six robbers broke into the Brink's-Mat warehouse, Unit 7 of the Heathrow International Trading Estate near Heathrow Airport in the west of Greater London. It was described as "the crime of the century". The gang gained entry to the warehouse from security guard Anthony Black. Once inside, they poured petrol over staff and threatened them with a lit match if they did not reveal the combination numbers of the vault. The robbers thought that they were going to steal £3.2 million in cash, but they
Gold dust robbery Gold dust robbery The Gold dust robbery took place 25th March 1839 in London at the Dublin Steam Packet Company. According to the "New Newgate Calendar", pp. 480ff, "The extraordinary robbery to which these persons were parties involved circumstances probably more singular than any other which ever came before a court of justice". Lewin Caspar, a clerk at the Dublin Steam Packet Company at 16 John Street Crutchfriars (now Crosswall street), found out that of gold dust, weighing 102 lbs. 10oz. 11 dwts., (about 46.5 kilos), 4,600 pounds sterling worth of gold dust had been landed at Falmouth from Brazil