Brink's-Mat robbery Brink's-Mat robbery The Brink's-Mat robbery occurred at the Heathrow International Trading Estate on 26 November 1983, with a record £26 million (today approximately £ million) worth of gold bullion, diamonds, and cash stolen from a warehouse. The bullion was the property of Johnson Matthey Bankers Ltd, which collapsed the following year after making large loans to frauds and insolvent firms. Two men were convicted, and the majority of the gold has never been recovered. Insurers Lloyd's of London paid out for the losses. Several deaths have been linked to the case, and there are links to the Hatton Garden safe
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