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PHOTOS: Robbers drill massive hole through vault to steal $300M

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
The tunnel leading into the vault at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company, made with a concrete power drill.
The vault door and the hole leading into the vault, on left.
Bent bars of a security door at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company.
Detective Chief Inspector Paul Johnson of the Metropolitan police speaks to the media outside the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd entrance Thursday, April 9, 2015.
The tunnel leading into the vault at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company, made with a concrete power drill.
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