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Darren
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 Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:03 pm Post subject: Cash Machine Robbery Gang Nabbed by GPS |
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UK readers will be familiar with news coverage of ATM thefts by a gang who used gas to explode the machines and gain access to the cash drawers.
After a spree that saw 31 machines attacked and a haul of nearly £800,000 the gang was caught and they're now serving lengthy sentences.
But the story of the gangs exploits and how they were eventually tracked down is well worth reading, particularly the use of a GPS tracking device. This had been secreted in bundles of cash at a cash machine that Police suspected would be on the gangs list of potential targets.
After the gang attacked the ATM and collected the loot the tracking device led police to their hideout in Huyton.
Source:BOOM - The British ATM Bombing Spree by bloomberg.com
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mikero
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| "You have reached your destination"! (HMP Liverpool) I hope! |
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Darren
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"You have reached your destination, get out of the car with your hands above your head" 
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andyuk99
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:41 am Post subject: |
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What a good read  |
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Snudge
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Qoute from article:
| Quote: | | ........had flooded the machine with propane—and far too much of it. Totally unprepared for the enormous orange fireball,........ |
I can still hear Michael Caine:- "You're only supposed to blow the ****** doors off" |
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