The Train Robbers Stole £2.6M. A Monopoly Board Caught Them.
In the early hours of August 7, 1963, a gang of fifteen men stopped the Glasgow-to-London mail train at Bridego Railway Bridge in Buckinghamshire and stole £2.6 million in used banknotes, assaulting driver Jack Mills in the process. Most gang members were convicted through fingerprint evidence left at their rural hideout, yet approximately £2.3 million of the stolen cash was never recovered and the identity of the person who first identified the high-value load has never been publicly confirmed. The case remains open more than sixty years later.If you have information about unrecovered…
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