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The Brink's-Mat Robbery
Hounslow, United KingdomNovember 26, 1983
On November 26, 1983, six robbers broke into the Brink's-Mat warehouse near Heathrow Airport expecting to steal £3 million in cash. Instead they found 6,800 gold bars worth £26 million. Most of the gold was never recovered and was melted down and fed into the legitimate gold market. Only two of the six robbers were ever convicted.