Britain's Biggest Robbery Heist - Robbers walk away with $300M.Cops did not respond to burglar alarm

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The Hatton Garden Safe Deposit robbery was incredibly well-planned: A gang of up to seven men may have made off with £200 million ($300 million) in gold, jewels and diamonds after abseiling down a lift shaft and drilling into the side of a concrete vault.

Over Easter weekend — a four-day holiday during which no business is conducted — the men worked with a 77-pound, £3,500 Hilti DD350 drill to cut through 2 metres of concrete. It took them two and a half days to break into the vault and rifle 72 safety deposit boxes, many of them filled with unregistered, uninsured jewelry from the local diamond trade. It's not clear how much has been stolen, but lower estimates come in at £60 million. It is likely to be the biggest robbery in UK history.

The robbers — nicknamed Mr Ginger, Mr Strong, Mr Montana, The Gent, The Tall Man, Moped Man and The Old Man by The Mirror — even drove away and, the next day, came back to finish the job. They used a white transit van and a moped in the operation.

Although the robbers were professional, they may have left behind certain clues. Most obviously, the raid began exactly four minutes after the vault was locked — suggesting they had inside knowledge. One robber exposed part of his face, and two exposed their hair colours — grey and ginger.

And, despite the fact they had plenty of time, they left behind a bunch of tools and equipment, including that signature heavy-duty drill.

We put together this timeline of exactly how the robbery went down from reports from the BBC and this video obtained by The Mirror, which shows the CCTV view of the door of the Hatton Garden vault.

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