article_snippet.sent: A gang of criminals broke into the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend .
article_snippet.sent: Former Flying Squad chief John O'Connor later told Sky News: 'You've got a major strong room, there's no sign of a forced entry, A gang of criminals've apparently been able to abseil down the lift shaft to get access to the vault - I just find it astonishing that it was that easy. '
article_snippet.sent: Fresh details of the daring heist emerged yesterday as police forensic teams continued to sift through the rubble in the vault.
article_snippet.sent: It is believed an alarm was triggered when the professional gang broke into the building in the heart of London’s jewellery district.
article_snippet.sent: A security guard is understood to have made a cursory check of the property on Good Friday before leaving when the professional gang found nothing untoward.
article_snippet.sent: When the raid was discovered on Tuesday, police discovered cheaper jewels left strewn amid a large heap of rubble in the vault.
article_snippet.sent: the professional gang is thought to have hidden in an office before abseiling down a lift shaft and drilling into a vault .
article_snippet.sent: Once in the basement the thieves forced open the lift doors to get close to the vault.
article_snippet.sent: During the raid the gang used an angle grinder and crowbars to force the gang way into 70 deposit boxes to steal the gems and cash inside.
article_snippet.sent: The vault is covered in dust and debris and the floor is strewn with discarded safety deposit boxes and numerous power tools, including an angle grinder, concrete drills and crowbars.
article_snippet.sent: He said He team had only just reached The vault because of the amount of debris at The scene.
highlights_snippet.sent: Raiders entered the Hatton Garden vault some time over the weekend .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: An alarm sounded on Good Friday, but the vault was not checked .
  