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Thieves steal £2m of rare books by abseiling into warehouse

Written By Unknown on Sunday, February 12, 2017 | 1:53 PM

Gang avoid motion-sensor alarms in west London to make off with 160 items, some dating to 15th and 16th centuries

Antiquarian books worth more than £2m have been stolen by a gang who avoided a security system by abseiling into a west London warehouse.

The three thieves made off with more than 160 publications after raiding the storage facility near Heathrow in what has been labelled a Mission: Impossible-style break-in.

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