Five Men Jailed For Security Vehicle Robbery

Monday, 23 May 2016 10:16

Five men including a man from Bradford have been jailed at Harrow Crown Court to a total exceeding 37 years after a security vehicle was robbed in Camden.

Fasile Mahmood, 26 of Fieldfare Green, Luton was jailed for eight years for conspiracy to rob.

Muhsin Ahmed, 25 of Hampton Road, Luton was jailed for six years and nine months for conspiracy to rob.

Attif Hussain, 30 of Dunstable Road, Luton was jailed for eight years for conspiracy to rob.

Aroon Choudry, 29 of Northdrift Way, Luton was jailed for seven years for conspiracy to rob.

Saqib Ahmed, 40 of St Mary's Road, Manningham. Bradford was jailed for seven years and six months for conspiracy to rob.

At the time of the robbery, Fasile Mahmood was a driver working for a secure cash delivery company. On 2 April 2014, Fasile Mahmood arrived for work and was provided with his route for that day. He was part of a two man crew and on this occasion he was the driver.

Attif Hussain and Aroon Choudry had shadowed the security vehicle in a Vauxhall Astra and as the two man crew of the vehicle was making their second delivery of the day at Grays Inn Road, two male suspects armed with a knife and a spanner jumped in the front and rear of the vehicle and threatened them.

The suspect in the rear of the vehicle assaulted the cash guard and forced him to open the safes to access the cash inside. The suspect in the front of vehicle allegedly punched the driver, Fasile Mahmood, in the head and tied his hands. The suspect in the front of the vehicle then drove the van to Heathcote Street, WC1 where it parked in front of a Ford Focus.

The cash was unloaded and placed in the boot of the Ford Focus. Muhsin Ahmed and Saqib Ahmed made off in the Ford Focus with £615,000.

The security guard in the rear of the van had been unaware of the plan to rob the vehicle. Neither of the two man crew of the security vehicle suffered any lasting injuries.

Flying Squad Detective Constable Tim Fines said: "The route taken by the security van changed daily and was always supplied to the driver on the day. In order to have put the Focus in place in advance the thieves had to have known the route that the security van would take. Fasile Mahmood had collected that day's delivery route and communicated it to the rest of the gang before he left the depot."

No cash has been recovered in relation to this case. However, a number of applications to seize property under the Proceeds of Crime Act are underway.

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