Drawdock Road / Millennium Way, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0BB, England
Date
7 November 2000
Target
De Beers Diamond Exhibition
Perpetrators
Lee Wenham
Raymond Betson
William Cockram
Terry Millman
Aldo Ciarrocchi
Robert Adams
Kevin Meredith
James Hurley
The Millennium Dome raid was an attempted robbery of the Millennium Dome's diamond exhibition in Greenwich, South East London occurring on 7 November 2000. A local gang planned to ram-raid the De Beers diamond exhibition which was being held in the riverside Dome at the time. The gang had then planned to escape via the Thames in a speedboat.
The De Beers diamond exhibition had a number of jewels on display, including the Millennium Star, a flawless 203.04-carat (40.608 g) gem with an estimated worth of £200 million (equivalent to £425 million in 2023[1]) and considered one of the most perfect gems in the world. Also on display were priceless blue diamonds.[2]
The attempted robbery was foiled by the Flying Squad (led by Jon Shatford) of the Metropolitan Police Service, as a result of information from Kent Police Serious Crime who already had the gang members under surveillance for their suspected roles in a number of unsuccessful armoured vehicle robberies. The operation to foil the robbery was the biggest operation undertaken in the Flying Squad's history and at trial the judge in the case commended the way it was carried out.[3]
If the heist had succeeded, then with a haul of £350 million worth of diamonds (equivalent to £744 million in 2023[1]), it would have become one of the biggest robberies in history.[2][4]
^ abUK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ ab"The Millennium Dome Heist". Crime & Investigation Network. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
^"The Flying Squad: Operation Magician". Metropolitan Police. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
^"Great Dome robbery foiled". BBC News. 7 November 2000.
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