article_snippet.sent: London (CNN)It wasn't messrs Clooney, Pitt and their nine accomplices who sailed down an elevator shaft and cracked open dozens of safety deposit boxes at a London vault during the Easter weekend.
article_snippet.sent: Such robberies are rare: the gang which staged a multi-million heist during the Easter vacation didn't follow the current criminal trend of manipulating digits in cyber space but instead went back to basics and committed the gang which staged a multi-million heist during the Easter vacation burglary in a way not seen in London for more than 40 years.
article_snippet.sent: In September 1971, the staff of a bank in Baker Street, central London, arrived at work to find that thieves had dug a 40-yard tunnel from a shop thieves had rented, hauled in a thermic lance and explosives and opened the strong room.
article_snippet.sent: the gang which staged a multi-million heist during the Easter vacation got away with a haul worth around £30 million (the incident later formed the basis of the movie "The Bank Job.")
article_snippet.sent: The Brinks MAT robbery in 1983 -- a case which I was involved in at the time -- saw a criminal gang escape with gold bullion worth more than £28 million (around £88 million -- or $130million -- adjusting for inflation) from a warehouse at London's Heathrow Airport.
article_snippet.sent: The Knightsbridge safety deposit robbery of 1987 saw a gang make off with tens of millions of pounds in cash and valuables from an upscale London neighbourhood (the true amount will never be known).
highlights_snippet.sent: Police in London are trying to catch the gang which staged a multi-million heist during the Easter vacation .
  