30 million stolen in Belfast bank raid

30 million stolen in Belfast bank raid

Raiders have stolen an estimated 30 million pounds from a bank in Northern Ireland, a source has said, in one of Britain's biggest ever robberies.

The Monday afternoon heist came after families of two members of staff were held hostage, the source added.

Speculation was rife that the raid could have been the work of Northern Ireland's paramilitary gangs which remain heavily involved in crime despite observing ceasefires in the province's long-running sectarian conflict.

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Christmas just got better for some people.

Re: 30 million stolen in Belfast bank raid

Fuck me thats some amount

It'll be a very Merry Fucking Xmas for them! Why would a bank have that amount actually at one bank though?:spangled:

wonder wot bank they'll keep it in

It's well shit for the staff who were held hostage, but 30 million quid? Impressive.

Its weird how criminals like this get applauded (I'm was impressed too!) But at the end of the day, its the public that will end up paying for it.

Damn rights, even though banks make multi-billion pound profits every year they still love to bend us over like the little bitches we are and shaft us silly.

not as clever as it seems... all in ni pound notes

haha the micks will get caught trying to change it all over the counter!

And who pays insurance premiums. The insurance companies will get their money back one way or another.

Is that right about Irish notes? Fools

you try buying a ferrari with pound notes

the fact that ni pound notes have a miniscule circulation in an area of europe where currency principally consists of euros and english sterling...

can you imagine trying to shift 30 million northern irish notes when the entire country is on alert for someone trying to do exactly that?

Eh??? Was it all in pound notes??? Wtf were they doing with 30 million pound notes?? Imagine the space it must have taken up :spangled:

Anyone know the largest amount stolen from a bank?

ten 'pound notes' .... twenty 'pound notes' etc

:doh: :blush:

The smart man will put his share in a very safe place and forget about it for a few years.

I doubt very much it is all £1 notes seeing as it was a sorting and distrubuting bank.

It will be interesting to see if they get caught. they normally do these days thanks to DNA etc........

The funny thing is...... if the gang DIDN'T (I think they did by the sounds) use violence or threats of violence, then they could get very light sentences. The amount stolen doesn't make a difference in the eyes of the law.

If one of the robbers had a banana in his coat pocket and pretends its a gun then the sentence jumps straight up to 7 years ++++

Crime TV rocks.

The Heist has been awsome on C4 tonight...

hats off wish id done it like.

i meant pound notes as in '20 pound noes / 10 pound notes'

they held two of the bank workers families hostage...

''shakes head''