EXCLUSIVE Masked robbers use ultra powerful hydraulic clamp called 'jaws of life' to prise safe out of G4S security van and steal cash in brazen raid

Daily Mail​

5 hours ago

This is the moment four masked men used an ultra powerful hydraulic clamp to remove a safe from inside an armoured G4S security van.
Shocking footage shows the gang working against the clock to break the safe contained in the vehicle as its alarm rang out.
Police are now investigating the incident, which took place earlier this month at the Reevesland Industrial Estate in Newport, South Wales.
A source who sent the footage to MailOnline said that crew were using specialist equipment to blow the safe.
He said: 'It's called a hydraulic power pack. Some of the lads have been stealing from the fire service. They are perfect for prising open a safe in a security van.
'They are known as the ''jaws of life'' and they generate huge power. Perfect for opening a safe or bank strong door.'
At one point, shocked workers in a nearby office can be heard discussing the incident which they filmed on a mobile phone.
The next clip showed the crew throwing the bundles of cash into large sacks, before they piled into a parked Audi. The blue car then sped off out of the yard.
Gwent Police have now arrested three men in relation to the incident.
'Two men, aged 34 and 38, from Bristol were arrested on suspicion of robbery and have been released on police bail,' a spokesman said.
'A third man - a 33-year-old from Bristol - was also later arrested on suspicion of robbery and assault by beating of an emergency worker and released on police bail.
'Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to submit via the Major Incident Public Portal.'
G4S vans are used to deliver and collect cash from a range of businesses, including pubs, cafes and shops.
In a previous release from 2016, the company said it transported £300billion of cash every year.
Its vans are armoured and fitted with CCTV, satellite tracking technology and SmartWater, which can link perpetrators to specific cash stolen.
Cash boxes also contain dispensers that stain cash with ink when triggered, rendering notes unusable.
A spokesman for G4S declined to comment on an 'active police investigation.'
A spokesman for Gwent Police told MailOnline: 'We received a report of a robbery from a cash in transit van parked near Caswell Way in the Reevesland Industrial Estate in Newport, at around 3.20pm on Monday 2 June.
'Two men, aged 34 and 38, from Bristol were arrested on suspicion of robbery and have been released on police bail.
'A third man - a 33-year-old from Bristol - was also later arrested on suspicion of robbery and assault by beating of an emergency worker and released on police bail.
'Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to submit via the Major Incident Public Portal.'