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Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery

Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery

Date7/9/1985
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  • Hijacked van: This rental van; used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck; was hijacked by armed robbers; who made off with $540;000 in Metro's largest cash robbery.
  • Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hijacked van: This rental van; used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck; was hijacked by armed robbers; who made off with $540;000 in Metro's largest cash robbery.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120555F
GeographyCountryCanada
GeographyCity, town, twpToronto
GeographyProvince or StateOntario
Daylight robbery: A youth escaped with $32,000 in a daring holdup at a Scarborough liquor store yesterday after slugging a Brink's armored car guard and making-off with his satchel
Daylight robbery: A youth escaped with $32,000 in a daring holdup at a Scarborough liquor store yesterday after slugging a Brink's armored car guard and making-off with his satchel
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
2/19/1983
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
3/12/1981
Getaway car: Robbers abandoned this stolen car at nearby Bathurst Heights Collegiate
Getaway car: Robbers abandoned this stolen car at nearby Bathurst Heights Collegiate
Bock, Tony
11/19/1991
Trapped van
Trapped van
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
8/22/1986
Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
Toronto Star (Firm)
11/18/1987
Twice unlucky: An alert policeman no sooner nabbed a suspect and got back $1,300 stolen from this bank at Church and Wellesley, when it was hit by a second robber
Twice unlucky: An alert policeman no sooner nabbed a suspect and got back $1,300 stolen from this bank at Church and Wellesley, when it was hit by a second robber
Spremo, Boris
1/24/1983
A Bank Robber in stocking mask, holding a deadman's detonator in his teeth (arrow), walks from a Kenora bank behind a policeman stowing money in a tru(...)
A Bank Robber in stocking mask, holding a deadman's detonator in his teeth (arrow), walks from a Kenora bank behind a policeman stowing money in a tru(...)
Dutton, Don
5/10/1973
Kenora Policemen-Sgt. Robert Letain (left) and Constable Donald Milliard-examine pants Milliard was wearing when a bank robber was blown up by sticks (...)
Kenora Policemen-Sgt. Robert Letain (left) and Constable Donald Milliard-examine pants Milliard was wearing when a bank robber was blown up by sticks (...)
Dutton, Don
6/7/1973
Wild shootout at St. Clair Ave. and O'Connor Dr. today left three policemen and a suspected bank robber wounded. Constable William Russell, 34, was sh(...)
Wild shootout at St. Clair Ave. and O'Connor Dr. today left three policemen and a suspected bank robber wounded. Constable William Russell, 34, was sh(...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
1/29/1971
dynamite went off. Police Knew the danger.The robber had even let them smell the dynamite and shown them the detonator he had made of two sticks with (...)
dynamite went off. Police Knew the danger.The robber had even let them smell the dynamite and shown them the detonator he had made of two sticks with (...)
Dutton, Don
5/10/1973
Scene of bank robbery at Canadian Bank of Commerce in King, Ont.
Scene of bank robbery at Canadian Bank of Commerce in King, Ont.
Canadian Bank of Commerce
2/12/1954
Ordeal Ends: An employee gets a hug following a robbery and hostage-taking at a Thornhill bank last night
Ordeal Ends: An employee gets a hug following a robbery and hostage-taking at a Thornhill bank last night
Lautens, Richard
7/4/1990