Porsche convoy carries £10m of gold bars across London - News Summed Up

Porsche convoy carries £10m of gold bars across London


The company, which refines gold for clients around the world, completed what is currently the single biggest collection of gold bars in London after inviting Porsche to assist with the daunting job of transporting the shipment. Each individual gold bullion bar weighs 12.5kg (equivalent to around thirteen bags of sugar) is similar in size to a computer keyboard. The infamous Brinks-Mat robbery at Heathrow in November 1983 saw a record £26million of gold bullion (worth an estimated £500million today) stolen from a warehouse. Ray Massey pretends to steal one of the gold bars. ‘But, getting to the vault from the gold refinery means travelling 12-miles across London – a journey that carries an inherent risk.


Source: Daily Mail January 21, 2018 15:49 UTC



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