In the lore of London\u0027s villains, it was a caper worthy of a Hollywood screenwriter.
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On that night in 1971, the thieves emptied 268 safety deposit boxes owned by London’s smart set. The only problem was that their conversations on walkie-talkies were overheard by a nearby ham radio operator.Robert Rowlands called cops but they didn’t take him seriously — at first. But when they did, detectives tried to determine which bank was being robbed, checking more than 750 branches.But the ingenious criminals made some mistakes: One signed his own name to the store lease.
No, this was different. The story went that the gang of thieves had been set up by the British secret service to recover incriminating photos of Princess Margaret.
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