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Robbery Scene: Armed robbers got away with about $7 million in cash and cheques Sunday from the offices of National Armoured Ltd
Robbery Scene: Armed robbers got away with about $7 million in cash and cheques Sunday from the offices of National Armoured Ltd

Robbery Scene: Armed robbers got away with about $7 million in cash and cheques Sunday from the offices of National Armoured Ltd

Date11/30/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Robbery Scene: Armed robbers got away with about $7 million in cash and cheques Sunday from the offices of National Armoured Ltd.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120637F
Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
7/9/1985
Robbery aftermath: Bags of loot which robbers failed to take with them lie strewn on floor in Simpsons' basement at Yonge and Queen Sts
Robbery aftermath: Bags of loot which robbers failed to take with them lie strewn on floor in Simpsons' basement at Yonge and Queen Sts
10/4/1982
Baggageman Arthur Manders, 64, shows where robbers forced him to lie on the floor yesterday while they slashed open mail bags. It was the first robber(...)
Baggageman Arthur Manders, 64, shows where robbers forced him to lie on the floor yesterday while they slashed open mail bags. It was the first robber(...)
8/4/1971
Chased off attackers: Guy Smart, 73, shows how he was beaten over the head with a steel ashtray by robbers who burst into his apartment
Chased off attackers: Guy Smart, 73, shows how he was beaten over the head with a steel ashtray by robbers who burst into his apartment
11/3/1982
Gunmen escape with $3,400, For the second time within 10 months, two armed robbers, thought by police to be the same men who carried out the robbery o(...)
Gunmen escape with $3,400, For the second time within 10 months, two armed robbers, thought by police to be the same men who carried out the robbery o(...)
3/30/1935
Double trouble: Jewelry storeowner Shing shows electronic eye he had put in after two daylight break-ins by armed robbers in six months
Double trouble: Jewelry storeowner Shing shows electronic eye he had put in after two daylight break-ins by armed robbers in six months
5/14/1981
Suspected bank robber: Cindy May Raycroft, 19, is taken handcuffed into Whit by Jail today after being remanded on two charges of armed robbery and two charges of attempted murder
Suspected bank robber: Cindy May Raycroft, 19, is taken handcuffed into Whit by Jail today after being remanded on two charges of armed robbery and two charges of attempted murder
4/12/1985
Loot from Robberies in Markham, returned to police headquarters by four juveniles who were caught after a three-month crime spree, is checked by Sgt. (...)
Loot from Robberies in Markham, returned to police headquarters by four juveniles who were caught after a three-month crime spree, is checked by Sgt. (...)
11/7/1970
Loot from Robberies in Markham, returned to police headquarters by four juveniles who were caught after a three-month crime spree, is checked by Sgt. (...)
Loot from Robberies in Markham, returned to police headquarters by four juveniles who were caught after a three-month crime spree, is checked by Sgt. (...)
11/7/1970
Loot recovered in Simpsons robbery, Metro police Sergeant Ron Totty gold jewelry that was among $100,000 in goods recovered after a robbery at the downtown Simpsons store
Loot recovered in Simpsons robbery, Metro police Sergeant Ron Totty gold jewelry that was among $100,000 in goods recovered after a robbery at the downtown Simpsons store
2/10/1988
Donna Petrevski: she watched in horror as a robber repeatedly slashed her husband with a butcher's knife in their delicatessen
Donna Petrevski: she watched in horror as a robber repeatedly slashed her husband with a butcher's knife in their delicatessen
11/30/1982
Pummelled to the Ground by a young robber who stole his watch while an accomplice looked on, Arthur Collings is helped by Police Cadet Richard Lackey.(...)
Pummelled to the Ground by a young robber who stole his watch while an accomplice looked on, Arthur Collings is helped by Police Cadet Richard Lackey.(...)
9/1/1971