Britain's Biggest Armed Robbery

Security Express Heist

A gang of dangerous armed robbers prayed on the Security Express cash depot on Curtain Road, London in 1983 to successfully execute the most lucrative cash robbery in Britain of the time. Gregg Counsell, a security officer on duty at the time, left the building for a bottle of milk. It is then that the gang pounced. The team of thieves seized the opportunity to raid the building in a drawn out operation which saw the gang lay in wait for the other guards to clock on for over 7 hours before fleeing with over £6 million in cash. The story is told by Freddie Foreman, an ex-armed robber and a long time associate of the Kray brothers, his story explains the complexity of the crime and how he was extradited from Spain back to Britain and charged with handling stolen money from the robbery.