THIS WEEK IN 1984: Bank raiders in bin-liner sting
Ingenious bank raiders committed the year's cheekiest theft '“ hanging their dustbin liner '˜swagbag' inside the door, tricking customers into filling it.
The thieves put a sign on a Portsmouth bank’s night deposit box, saying: ‘Out of order, please drop cash through letter box.’
Inside the letter box they hung their dustbin liner – then waited for the money to drop in.
The raiders escaped with a large amount of cash and a considerable number of cheques.