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Gold Stash May Solve $51M British Heist

Posted Jun 8, 08 8:12 PM CDT in Crime & Courts,  World 

(Newser) – After a long, bloody trail, British investigators may be close to cracking the case of six robbers who lifted $51 million in gold from a London warehouse 25 years ago. Last week, while tracking proceeds from organized crime, Scotland Yard detectives uncovered six suitcases packed with $15 million worth of gold inside a deposit box, the Guardian reports.

The bounty, possibly bullion not recovered from the heist, is Britain’s single largest discovery of unexplained gold. Authorities suspect mobsters stashed some in a deposit box and turned the rest into cash. So far, six people linked to the crime have been murdered, and one official says they plan to investigate other deposit boxes: “Every box is a story, a potential investigation.”

Source Guardian (UK)

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"Every box is a story, a potential investigation," said one official.   (Index Stock)
In 1983, thieves stole $51 million worth of gold bullion from a London warehouse, and now detectives may have finally cracked the case.   (Index Stock)
Scotland Yard called the bounty, which could be the bullion never recovered from the warehouse heist, Britain%u2019s single largest discovery of unexplained gold.   (John D. McHugh/AFP/Getty Images)
Scotland Yard detectives uncovered six suitcases packed with $15 million worth of gold inside a London deposit box.   (Index Stock)
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