£400,000 Haul By Lone Bandit At Heathrow Airport
Diamonds and platinum worth £467,000 were stolen by an armed bandit who held up a BOAC van at Heathrow. The diamonds had arrived in two boxes aboard a Ghana Airlines plane, and the platinum, in eight boxes, had been flown in from Johannesburg. Both cargoes were collected by a BOAC van driver for delivery to an airport strong room. As the van driver drove away with his cargo he was stopped by a man wearing white overalls and a BOAC anorak, who asked for a lift. The man climbed into the passenger seat and held up the driver with a pistol. He ordered the driver to take the van to the car park. The driver was locked in the van;s cab by the bandit, who then loaded the boxes of diamonds and platinum into a car and drove away.
Photo Shows:- The BOAC van from which the diamonds and platinum worth £467,000 were stolen by an armed bandit at Heathrow Airport.
Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.
Photo is dated 04-04-1973.
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