Northern Ireland bank heist

[Krug]

Quite a robbery

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- On an icy, black Sunday night, police officers brought terrible news to the rural idyll of Kevin McMullan's home: A relative had just been killed in a car crash, they said. It was a lie -- and it launched one of the world's biggest bank robberies.

Once inside, the phony officers put a gun to McMullan's head and tied him up, blindfolded his wife, Karen, and then took her away at gunpoint in her own car into the forest.

They told McMullan, a senior executive at Northern Bank in his mid-30s, that he must get the gang into the bank's major cash vault the next night. If he or another abducted bank official, Chris Ward, refused to help or raised any alarm, their families would be put to death.

Police said Wednesday that the gang got away with more than 22 million pounds, or about $42 million, more than originally estimated. And the 45-strong detective task force admitted it would be hard to track down a gang that left no apparent forensic evidence during their meticulously planned heist.

 

[UltimaGabe]

Wow. Talk about doing your homework. Well, if I ever wanna commit a major crime, I know to cut my hair beforehand.

 

[Taluron]

Don't forget the rest of the story...

Apparently most of the money they stole is North Ireland banknotes. Most places don't accept North ireland banknotes. At least according to the next story on this.

 

[EastCoast9]

Whats with the thread title?

The article clearly states that the robbery took place in Northern Ireland, so why does the thread title refer to Dublin?

Just wondering how the association was made?

 

[Krug]

Oops. Title changed...

 

[EastCoast9]

In the days immediately afterwards...

...there were lots of jokes going around about how Derry City Football club were bidding £30M for the Real Madrid striker Ronaldo, after a recent fund-raising event...