U.K. Police Say Bank Heist Net $92M

Thieves stole $92 million in last week's heist at Securitas Cash Management Ltd., a security warehouse in southeastern England, the biggest cash theft in British history, police said Monday.

Adrian Leppard, assistant chief constable of Kent Police, said warehouse owner Securicor had confirmed the total after an audit.

On Sunday, police searching for the thieves found weapons and $2.3 million in a van they believe the gang used.

Police said the dumped money was discovered in black sacks in a white van found parked outside a hotel on Friday.

The vehicle, which has been scrutinized for forensic evidence, also held guns, body armor and face masks, Leppard told a news conference.

"The net is closing," said Leppard. "Leaving firearms, clothing and cash in the van suggests to me that there are people in the gang who are now making mistakes."

He said a 49-year-old man had been arrested and questioned by police Saturday - the sixth arrest in connection with the robbery. The suspect and two other men arrested Saturday, ages 55 and 33, have all been released on bail.

Three other people had earlier been questioned and released on bail.

Leppard did not provide details on the number or type of weapons found in the Ford van, left at the Ashford International Hotel in southeastern England, but said it presented "really good opportunities" for forensic evidence.

Police also revealed Sunday that in another location they discovered 14 empty metal containers used to move the banknotes stolen in the raid. They were found late Friday in fields in the village of Detling, around 20 miles from the scene of the raid.

The thieves, who dressed as police officers, stopped a Securitas manager, 51-year-old Colin Dixon, as he drove home from the cash depot near the Channel Tunnel, police said.

A second group - also dressed as officers - went to Dixon's home, telling his wife, Lynn, 45, he had been in an accident and taking her away with the couple's 9-year-old son.

Family members were threatened by the thieves, but released unhurt once the raid had been carried out, police said.