UK: The Great Diamond Heist
6 minutes, 2002
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It was to be the biggest and most high-profile robbery of all time. The target was diamonds worth more than 300 million dollars. Using sledgehammers, smoke grenades and a high-speed getaway boat – the heist was foiled by a hi-tech police surveillance operation. It was not the stuff of boy's own adventures - but the botched diamond grab at the Millennium Dome in London. We piece together the events as they unfolded.