So much for security at LHR!!!
Just in on the Beeb.
Millions Stolen at Heathrow Airport.
Robbers have stolen a "substantial" amount of money - believed to be millions of dollars - during a raid on a British Airways security vehicle at Heathrow Airport. . .Police were called to the airport by security staff at about 0630 GMT after reports of two men escaping with the money.
It is understood that $5m in cash (£3.5m) flown into Heathrow on a jet from Bahrain and bound for New York's JFK Airport was stolen.
The theft happened in a secure area, beyond customs, near Terminal 4.
'No firearms'
The 35-year-old driver of the security van was found with his wrists bound and was taken to a west London hospital suffering from shock.
Police have not revealed the exact amount or the currency of the stolen money.
Police said the cash was transferred by the robbers from the BA security vehicle into a Renault Master van with BA livery.
The suspects drove off and the van was later found abandoned and burnt out in Feltham, Middlesex.
Police said there was no trace of the money or the robbers.
Scotland Yard's Flying Squad is investigating the robbery.
A police spokesperson said: "At this very early stage the police are trying to establish the exact circumstances of the robbery.
"No firearms were seen. We are not prepared to comment on the exact amount money that was taken.
"It was a substantial amount."
The security van driver told officers at least two men attacked him.
Police refused to reveal how the robbers got in to the secure area or in which direction they fled. . . <img src="eek.gif" border="0">