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275 pounds of gold bars and only 2 guards? What were they thinking?
I would have flown that gold. I am very glad the guards are safe. This was a planned robbery, like HEAT. They usually kill those guards.
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Inside job. Guards may not be in on it but someone at that armored car company certainly is.
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Yeah, it does seem like an inside job.
Once a nearby casino had an armored truck parked outside that a couple of guys tried to rob. They didn't get the truck. They didn't get anything from inside the truck. And they didn't even get to the end of the block before they were caught. Casinos, or course, take security pretty seriously.
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Yeah, it's beyond fishy. The truck just happened to break down, and the guys weren't shot or killed? It must have been planned for a long time.
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03/02/2015 10:41 pm
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I suspect most of you are right. If it smells like fish...  |
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Suspicious? Not at all.  |
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Someone from the company was involved for sure.
If the guards weren't involved, why get out of the truck.
Halfway point, rural area, and car trouble...right.
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WOW! 2 guards? Maybe an inside job as others have stated here at CCF, I'm sure the authorities are all over this angle. Shortly after dusk along a lonely stretch of Interstate 95, armed robbers hijacked an armored truck, tied up the two guards and disappeared into the night with 275 pounds of gold bars. The guards working for Transvalue Inc. of Miami reported pulling off to the side of the interstate about 6:30 p.m. Sunday after their vehicle began having mechanical problems in eastern North Carolina, according to the Wilson County Sheriff's Office. The guards told police they were surprised by three armed men driving a white van who ordered the guards to lie on the ground, tied their hands behind their backs and then marched them into nearby woods. The robbers then helped themselves to barrels filled with about $4.8 million in gold before making their getaway. Transvalue said its employees were not injured during the heist. 911 Calls on the heist: http://www.wcvb.com/news/911-caller...way/31598320USA Today report: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...na/24264801/Local news report: http://www.wcvb.com/news/4-million-...ina/31565516"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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The only positive thing about this Hollywood-esque stunt is that no one was hurt.
Thanks for the update, Buddy.
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I was convinced it was an inside job -- maybe not so much.
Anyway -- only one gold bar has been recovered....
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I just re-read that article and it seriously has the makings for a movie. Crazy!
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Gotta be a inside deal, or really lucky robbers who happened to be driving around in there white van lookin for puppy's to steal
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Posted 03/02/2015 8:33 pm
