All ports alert for pounds 40m raid gang.POLICE put out an all ports alert today as they warned that the gang behind Britain's biggest robbery was armed and dangerous. Staff at airports have also been put on alert to prevent the criminals leaving the country with their estimated pounds 40m haul. And detectives are studying CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television footage from the Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, while scenes-of-crime officers carry out a detailed forensic examination of the site. The gang, made up of at least six men, kidnapped Kidnapped caught in the intrigues of Scottish factions, David Balfour and Alan Breck are shipwrecked, escape from the king’s soldiers, and undergo great dangers. [Br. Lit.: R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped] See : Adventurousness the manager of the depot on Tuesday night and threatened to kill him and his family unless he assisted with the raid. Kent police said today that the manager remembered being driven to a farm building somewhere in west Kent, where a gun was held to his head. At some point during the night his wife and son were also taken to the farm building so he could speak to them. The Bank of England Bank of England, central bank and note-issuing institution of Great Britain. Popularly known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, its main office stands on the street of that name in London. believes at least pounds 25m was stolen but sources said the figure could be pounds 40m. |
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