Wax Key
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London, Saturday, November 26, 1983, 9 am. On the industrial estate next to Heathrow airport, warehouse 12 of the Carrow cash-in-transitTransit Ford panel van, very common in the United Kingdom as a delivery and work vehicle. company still smells of petrol.
At 6:40 am, six hooded men opened the main door with a key, right behind the last guard of the shift. They overpowered everyone, soaked the supervisor in petrol and tore the vault combination out of him.
They expected cash. They found 6,800 gold bars, three tonnes, worth 26 million pounds, which had arrived the day before on their way to Hong Kong. There was no break-in.
Three people knew about the key, the gold or the shift. One of them opened the door from the inside.
Office of a cash-in-transitTransit Ford panel van, very common in the United Kingdom as a delivery and work vehicle. firm near Heathrow in 1983, with a key board on the wall.
Suspects
Nigel FairweatherShift supervisor of the guards, keeper of the main door key, 54
Dennis LoftusMorning shift guard, 31
Maureen BellamyAdministrative manager of the warehouse, in charge of the manifest and the payroll, 46
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