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'Ocean's 11' Jewel Heist Gang On New CCTV

Detectives investigating the Hatton Garden jewellery heist have released new CCTV images of the robbers and offered a £20,000 reward in a fresh appeal.

The gang of thieves made off with the contents of dozens of safety deposit boxes in London's jewellery quarter on the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

The new images, made public during an appeal on BBC1's Crimewatch, show six men entering and leaving the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company's building twice over the weekend.

The thieves, described by Scotland Yard as "highly audacious", bored through the concrete wall of the safety deposit vault using a heavy duty drill.

A picture of the actual Hilti DD350 drill, which was used to create a hole measuring 50cm deep, 25cm high and 45cm wide, was among the newly released images.

The thieves escaped in a white van with loot in wheelie bins and bags.

It is not known exactly how much it was worth, but it has been suggested up to £200m in diamonds, other jewels and cash were taken.

No arrests have yet been made.

As part of the fresh appeal Detective Superintendent Craig Turner, Head of the Flying Squad, announced the £20,000 reward for information leading to their capture.

Det Supt Turner said: "This was a particularly ambitious burglary to say the least and has affected so many victims.

"People's property has been taken, people's pensions, people's heirlooms which obviously can't be replaced by insurance firms.

"We may well be misled - this is carried out by an almost Ocean's 11 type team, but in essence there are victims behind this and these are callous thieves."

He said detectives hoped to speak to anyone who might have seen people acting suspiciously around the building or saw people loading or unloading heavy equipment nearby.

"We are keen to hear from wives or partners of anyone who has specialist knowledge or skills that use this sort of equipment," Det Supt Turner said.

"Were they away during the Easter Bank Holiday weekend or have they been acting oddly since the burglary was carried out?”

Detectives say the thieves initially entered the building after 9pm on 2 April and left shortly after 8am on Good Friday.

They returned to the scene soon after 10pm on 4 April and were recorded on CCTV leaving the premises at around 6.40am on Easter Sunday.

Photographs of the chaos left in the thieves' wake were made public on Wednesday.

The vault was covered in dust and debris and the floor was strewn with discarded safety deposit boxes and power tools, including an angle grinder, concrete drills and crowbars.

Anyone with information has been asked to contact the Incident Room on 020 8785 8655 or email opspire@met.police.uk.

Those who would like to remain anonymous have been asked to call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.