Criminally bent...

FG and I woke up this morning to the news of the £25m heist down the road of us here in Kent. We were amazed and intrigued by it. As CSI geeks and compulsive crime story readers and tv-show watchers we figured out the following:

1. There must have been at least ten of them - 2 to take the manager hostage, 2 to take his family hostage. The rest would be waiting at the depot or closeby.
2. Once at the depot the manager would have called the staff in for a meeting - the others would come in and take them all hostage.
3. Say three or four guys to keep the hostages under guard whilst the rest load the van with as much cash as they could.

We grinned at one another over our brekkie thinking that yes, we are such clever deviants. Much to our shock it happened almost exactly like that. Ooo, er, missus! Are we just really clever or are we criminally bent?

Next few things to figure out:

1. Do not run with the money - airports and trainstations are watched 24/7.
2. Divide the cash, dump the cars used, either steal or use the reserve cars stashed somewhere else in a garage or a warehouse.
3. Split up.
4. Maybe go back to your day job, as if nothing had happened - it was early enough to work okay.
5. Tell no one.
6. Escape into the countryside.

Easy as pie. I figure that these chaps are very clever - they must have been watching the depot itself for ages, along with everyone who worked there. They learned their routes, their routines, who did what ... its easy enough to follow someone around, no one EXPECTS to be followed around by a criminal!

I would love to see what happens now - I see the amount of money has now gone up from £25,000,000 to £55,000,000. And the coppers are offering a £2M reward...would you grass up your mate for that little if they are sitting with £55M?

Grin.

I feel a "Evil Ruler of the Universe" pose coming on, complete with stroking my white cat.

Meaow!