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This week, Iain covers the famous Brinks-MAT robbery – the most expensive gold bullion heist in British history.

The Brinks-MAT robbery is one of the most famous in British history. This week, Iain takes an in-depth look at the heist and asks: how did a group of gangsters manage to break into a high-security warehouse and walk away with solid gold worth Β£26 million? Plus, he digs into the complex police operation that took investigators from London to Bristol to Tenerife and back again.

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