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The following programme contains strong language.

..on The Heist.

Come on! In Alnwick, Northumberland,

nine ordinary people pulled off a daring bank job.

It's a million pounds! Come on!

Each thief escaped with over £100,000...

(INDISTINCT)

Yay!..and had to find a secure hiding place.

God thinking, Batman.

Skipper Micky Craig

concealed his loot off the Farne Islands.

Dumped 100 grand in the sea. I don't think the cops would look here.

Tasked with finding the thieves and retrieving the money

are a crack team of detectives. Helen Ruff!(DOG BARKING)

So far they've arrested and charged one thief.

You're under arrest for theft. I haven't done anything.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

They had their sights set on first mate Ryan Gray.

Lauren.Is Ryan about at the moment? He's not. He's at work today.

But he was nowhere to be found.

The detectives are onto us.

Shit. (LAUGHS)

They're now on the trail of a mother and daughter duo.

Cheers, my love.Cheers. Come on.

I'm going to give you £1,000 cash.

Daughter Leonie gave some money to a local theatre group.

The Playhouse have had a donation of £1,000. And there's a poem.

Leonie's posted a show poster for Cabaret on Broadway.

It kind of puts Leonie more in the (INDISTINCT).

Whoo! (LAUGHS)NARRATOR: Leonie thinks she has a cast-iron alibi.

I'm gonna pretend it's a bad sprain.

They're not gonna think I've just robbed a bank.

NARRATOR: Whilst mum Hellen... I think this Hellen character

is involved in the heist. ..is firmly on the detectives' radar.

We need to speak to her. She's crucial to this.Ohh.

We're gonna go and knock on her door in the hope

that something will slip.

There's something not right about these two and we need to get into them.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(BELL TOLLING)

I don't really see you on a Sunday.

What is the plan for the day?

Well, we can just have an easier sort of day today, maybe.

We're not going anywhere as such, are we?

Knowing our luck, we'll get a rat-ta-tat-tat at the door.

My name's Leonie, and I am a beauty therapist.

(ESSEX ACCENT) I'm, like, a beauty therapist from, like, near Essex.

Like, a bit thick. (LAUGHS) (NORMAL VOICE) No, I'm joking.

..two, two... I was a performer.

I used to work on the cruise ships, singing, dancing.

So if I'm interviewed by any detectives,

I'm just gonna have to use the acting skills

and switch on the waterworks.

The reason why I'm doing The Heist is through no fault of my own...

someone betrayed my trust,

and has left me in about 49 grand's worth of debt.

My mum spent her retirement all keeping me afloat.

I am worried that I will lose the business

and everything that I built up.

This sort of money will turn things around.

I'm just glad we're in this together.

You couldn't do a day job and a criminal, could you?

I'm wouldn't want a life as a criminal. (CHUCKLES)

It's draining.

(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

Right up in the corner.

Governess Sue Hill and Deputy Ray Howard

arrive at Hellen's house.

They want to find out if she was involved in the heist.

(Mum, Mum, there's someone coming.)

(Shhh. What do we do? What do we do?)(Kids are outside.)

(They're gonna knock on the door in a minute. Where's my boot?)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Morning.Good morning. My name's Sue Hill,

and this is my colleague, Ray Howard.

Is Hellen in?She is, yes. Oh, perfect.Yes, she is.

Good morning. Are you Helen? I am.

I wonder if you and I could go somewhere so we could have a chat.

Yeah. Yeah.There's some important issues I need to talk to you about.

Is that Leonie?That's my daughter, Leonie.Leonie's there, is she? Yeah.OK, that's useful.

Good morning, Leonie. Sorry to wake you.

My name's Sue Hill, and my colleague Ray Howard.

We want to talk to you about an issue that happened last Friday, the heist.

Hellen, would you like to go next door and I'll see you in a moment?

Would that be OK? Yeah. No bother.

NARRATOR: Splitting suspects is a proven police tactic,

cos their accounts can be compared later

for any discrepancies.

Leonie, do you know why we are here?

Yeah. The heist. (CHUCKLES) You know about the heist.Yeah.

Tell me everything you know about the heist on Friday, 21st of June.

Well, I've seen it all on Facebook. Everyone's talking about it.Right.

And then I saw it was a bank robbery.

But that's the only thing I've seen on Facebook.

Where were you Friday morning?

In bed.

Were you working Friday morning? I didn't go into work Friday morning.

I actually messaged clients.

I told them I had to go to the hospital,

cos I literally was up all night in agony.

That looks painful. How'd you do that?At work.

I fell over the dog. Fell over a dog?Yeah.

We were up dancing. The dog was there,

and I went to not step on the dog, but he went that way

and I just fell.Oh, right. And you went to hospital with that?

Yeah.And which hospital was that? Cramlington.

And what have they diagnosed? What did they say to you?

It's just a bad sprain. I've done the tendons.OK.

And when is the follow-up? When is your next appointment?

I had a follow-up here in Alnwick,

but then I need to go back if there's any problems...

What day was the follow-up?

Oh, God, I can't remember now. Um...

Well, they normally send you an email now, don't they?

Or a text reminder. My God.

It is quite intimidating, actually, isn't it? Like...

It's not intimidating if you've done nothing wrong. Never intimidating -

You coming at me. I've just woken up. I'm telling you the truth.

I just kind of think if you've got nothing to worry about, you'd wanna help.

I don't have anything to worry about at all, but I really don't like the way that you're being.

OK.All right. Let's leave that there then now, cos we don't want to upset you.

Listen, just one final thing.

Did you have anything to do with the planning,

organising of the heist on Friday morning?

No.

(LINE RINGING)

NARRATOR: To eliminate Leonie from their investigation,

Ray checks her alibi.

Keely, it's Ray.Hi, Ray. Leonie's at her mum's address,

but she's got an injury to her leg. To be fair, it will be too serious

for her to have been involved in the heist, unless she actually did it at the heist.

She says she went to Cramlington Hospital on the Wednesday before.

Can we just do all the checks we can around that?Will do.

NARRATOR: While Keely makes enquiries about Leonie's injury,

Sue and Ray turn their attention to Helen.

Were you in a boiler suit Friday morning, the day of the heist?

A what?Were you in a boiler suit Friday morning?No.

Boiler suit? No, I was in black running trousers.

I went for a run. Were you in Alnwick?

Friday morning before your run?

In Alnwick, no. No, I definitely wasn't in Alnwick. I was here.

You sound like you've got a dry mouth.I feel a bit, like, nervous.

That indicates to me... I just...

In my experience of talking to people...Yeah...if someone gets a dry mouth and they're jittery,

they've got something to hide. I am nervous. Yeah, I am.

I haven't got nothing to hide, but I am nervous. You know what I mean? Just being...

Being asked questions? Yeah. Yeah.

About something you know nothing about?

I hope, Hellen, that I don't have to come back and speak to you again.

It's all right. Do what you have to do.

I haven't got an alibi. I'm telling you the truth.

It's your job now to...

prove differently if you feel differently.That's it.

That's what you do. Do you know what, Hellen?

That is what I do best.

(DOOR CLOSES) (LINE RINGING)

Hi, Ray. Hi, Keely, any updates?

Yes, a really significant update.

Leonie Airlie has not got an injured leg.

She is a little liar.

We've checked all the hospitals in the area.

No trace whatsoever.

That boot on her foot is a complete fabrication.

She was good.(CALL ENDS) She was good.

OK, so if we go and nick her,

let's make her hobble a bit more. And don't give it away about her leg.

(KNOCKS ON DOOR)

We've got to come back in, I'm afraid.

Now, Leonie.Yes. I have to tell you

that we have, since we last spoke to you...Uh-huh.

..received further reliable intelligence

that suggests you were involved

in the bank burglary in Alnwick on the 21st of June.

As a result of that,

I am going to place you are under arrest on suspicion of burglary.

(GASPS)Anything you say may be given in evidence.

Now you are a formal suspect, the only way we can talk to you further

is to take you to the police station.You're joking.

Don't worry, Mum.

My baby. You're gonna be fine.

I know I'm gonna be fine, cos I haven't done it.

Right, I'm just gonna help you up there.

You all right?All right, mind the leg. We don't want to cause any more injury.You all right?Yeah.

We don't want you to hurt that leg.

All right? (SOBS)

It's all right.

When she comes in, Old Hop Along Cassidy,

let's be really nice to her in the cell.

Let's ask if she wants to see a nurse or doctor.

She has got to give the performance of her life in here.

She's an actress. Let's see how good you are, my love.

Are you OK to get up here? Do you want to hold onto me?

You all right? You're in? There we go.

Leonie's in custody as we speak.

She's not injured her leg. It's all a little bit of a scam.

Don't smile.

(CAMERA CLICKS) Turn to your right.

She clearly thinks that she is being clever,

but she must've realised we were gonna check the hospitals.

So it's not that clever.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)

NARRATOR: Of the million pounds stolen,

nearly 900,000 remains hidden throughout Northumberland.

The eight remaining thieves

must move, hide and spend some of their loot.

They must surrender their money

if there is enough evidence to charge them.

But if the detectives can't prove their guilt,

the cash is theirs to keep.

I've heard they've arrested someone.

So the net's closing in.

I'm starting to get very jittery now.

NARRATOR: With Christine's money hidden on a friend's farm,

she helps her son Gary move his to a safer location.

Are you ready? OK, love. Yep.

(BIRD CAWS)

Do you know where you're gonna hide it?Um...

I think I'm just gonna go for an overgrown bush.

(LAUGHS)

Nah...

If anybody questions us, we're just doing a bit of photography, yeah?

Yeah.

Oh. There's actually a...

good place here.

(CHUCKLES) That is perfect.

(SIGHS) I'm doing myself right now.

Good job done.

It's just... It's just paranoia all the time.

NARRATOR: With the help of his partner in crime, Ishy...

Does this one go in the left? Yeah, doesn't matter. Just one of the closest ones.

..thief Will decides to hide his money underground.

Squeeze into a crack.

Perfect. Let's try get out of here.

Ryan's had the police at his door.

And we need to move his loot, so we're currently doing that at the minute.

We're going along this dirt track at about 1,000 miles an hour.

(CHUCKLES)

Ooh-yah! (CHUCKLES)

That's a big pool. Yeah, man.

NARRATOR: Ryan moves his cash two miles from his field

into a friend's shed.

It's pushed between two armchairs and signage wrap.

Right, let's go. Best of luck.

(BIRD CAWING)

(KEYS JANGLE)

Go to your interview.

(EXHALES)

My main worry now is that they've got something on Leonie.

I'm just thinking it's the poem,

the Playhouse, her acting.

They might even think her boot's an act.

Someone will be with you in a minute.

I've just watched that fucking clock all day.

And that's all you hear, the tick.

Tick, tick.

I would give my right arm

to swap places with Leonie,

cos there's so much at stake.

And I'm not there to help her. I suppose that's the biggest thing.

(CLOCK TICKING)

(DOOR OPENS)

Hello again, Leonie.

Are you comfortable, Leonie?

It's not hurting your leg?

NARRATOR: Amateur actress Leonie

is in for questioning. (RECORDER DEVICE BEEPS)

The detectives have discovered she's lied about her alibi -

an injured leg. Leonie, you have been arrested

in connection with a heist on the 21st of June.

Do you understand why you're here? I understand, yeah.Right.

They also believe she's behind the mystery £1,000 donation

to the local theatre company.

What is your connection to the Alnwick Playhouse?

I'm part of a society that performs shows there.Yeah.

That's it. OK. Mm-hm.

And you know Andy Hunt? I do, yeah.

Are you aware that the Playhouse got £1,000?

Mm-hm. I saw it on his Facebook and that, and Snapchat.Mm.

Do you know anything about where that came from?

No. He said it was just dropped off at his door or something like that.

And there was that poem with it. Mm.

What day was it you injured your leg? Remind me.Wednesday.

And you fell over your dog, you said earlier.Yep.

So, who saw you first at the hospital?

Was it a doctor or a nurse? The receptionist.

Receptionist. Yeah, OK.

Was it a male or female?

(EXHALES) Female, I think. Pretty sure it was.

Mm-hm.

OK, and then what happened? I had an x-ray.

And it's not broken. It's just a bad sprain.

And possibly the tendons and that around it, and then that was it.

What name did you use when you went to the hospital?

My name.Your name? Mm-hm.

Your name?Why would I use someone else's name?

Leonie.

Nobody at all...

..went to hospital... I did.

..with the injuries that you're claiming you have.

You go to the hospital, you speak to the receptionist.

Is the receptionist an independent witness?

Yeah.Receptionist has never seen or heard of you.

Well... You then go to see a doctor.

Is the doctor an independent witness?

(EXHALES) Are they?

Yes, they are.Yes. And then you see somebody who does an x-ray.

Mm-hm. Is the person who -

I get what you're saying, but I'm telling you I was there.

Just like I'm telling you I wasn't there that morning.

You're telling me things that can't be proved.Leonie.

I'm telling you the truth.

I don't know where you're getting this information from.

We're getting it from the hospital.

Leonie.I don't know what to say anymore.Leonie.

Stop saying my name like that, cos it's really patronising.

Sorry, I don't mean to be patronising, darling...(SIGHS) ..but listen to me.

You...did not...

go to the hospital. Yes, I did.

Yes. I don't know what more you want me to tell you.

I did.I know you're lying. (VOICE BREAKING) I'm not lying.

Now you're getting me really upset. I'm not lying.You are.

I'm not! I'm not lying.

All right. (SIGHS) Fucking hell.

This is horrible. Absolutely horrible.

OK, well, we've got lots and lots to do,

so we will hopefully have more evidence to put you tomorrow

that you can either deny or tell us the truth about.

That's a choice for you.

This interview is concluded for the time being.

We may see you again. (RECORDING DEVICE BEEPS)

Oh, my God.

She was at that heist, of that I'm convinced,

and that leg is a decoy.

However, we haven't got enough evidence to charge.

She's lying. She's an actress. She'll be on Emmerdale soon.

Great audition. She'll be there. Are you OK?

Do you need a stick?

What we need to do is keep building

the evidence around her and her mum.

We need to make sure we've got a watertight case.

But we know she's lying.

Guys, can we have a quick chat, catch up?

Lots going on. I thought we just need to get up to speed

where we are.

How many suspects do we think are involved?

Right, at this moment in time we have eight suspects on the CCTV.

But given that £111,000 has been recovered,

times that by nine, equals a million.

Assuming it's all been split equally,

I think we can be quite confident it's nine.Yeah. Go with nine.

NARRATOR: Of the nine suspects,

the detectives have charged just one, Helen Ruff,

and identified a further three.

Ryan Gray. Let's have an update. What do we know?

So, Ryan Gray lives in Belford with Lauren Beckley.

He works for Billy Shiel's boat company.

We know he called Helen Ruff's burner phone.

There's got to be a reason for that.

So he is definitely in the frame.

But, annoyingly, he is still eluding us.

(DOG BARKING)

NARRATOR: On the day of the heist, after splitting their loot,

the thieves escaped through a housing estate.

Following door-to-door enquiries, a witness has come forward.

Detectives JP Barbe and Georgina Bradley

are chasing up the lead.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hi, good morning.Hello. Hello.

We're investigating the recent heist that happened on Friday.

Was it your daughter we need to speak to?

Oh, she's on the phone to us. Oh, is she?

These people would like to speak to you.

So, Tracy, just tell us what you saw.

Tights over his head?

He jumped into a car. Tell me about the car.

Suzuki S Cross.

NARRATOR: When their getaway driver failed to turn up...

Howay. For fuck's sake, man. Howay.

..Micky had to use his own car,

a Suzuki S Cross, to pick up their loot

and fellow thief Ryan.

I know, I know, I know.

Excellent. What about the vehicle registration?

Where did the car go, and what time was this?

OK.

This information is absolutely vital.

If we can identify the specific vehicle,

we can find out the registered keeper.

This could be a massive lead for us.

NARRATOR: The intelligence analysts

search for all the black Suzuki S Crosses in the Alnwick area.

We've got a possible getaway vehicle.

And Keely deploys detectives Craig Stevens

and Alecia Emerson-Thomas.

It was seen in the York Crescent area after the heist.

We've no registration number,

but if anyone sees the vehicle,

it will be worth a stop. OK.Brilliant.

NARRATOR: Craig and Alecia revert to an old school tactic

known as a street sweep. Where does that go to?

BOTH: Allotments.

Starting where the Suzuki was last seen,

they methodically search the town for a matching vehicle.

(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)

All aboard. Right, is that everyone?

Unaware the detectives are looking for his car,

Skipper Micky and first mate Ryan

are going lobster fishing off the Farne Islands.

Cast her off. I'll give her a shove.

I met Ryan when I heard him coming down the harbour a mile away.

Five, six, seven, eight. # My boot scootin' baby

# Is drivin' me crazy - Shut up a second.

And we've been stuck with each other ever since. (CHUCKLES)

Like a rash.

I think we bounce off each other quite well.

Deadliest Catch, eat your heart out. Whoa, Steady Eddie. (LAUGHS)

Well, I'm new to taking orders and he's used to giving them.(LAUGHS)

Howay, man. For fuck's sake.

Trying to tap that nail with the square edge on the back of the knife.

Well, diddums. You're bloody noisy. You're noisy.

I'm a person who has never really had a lot of money.

Go on, then. Wee! Oh!

It does mean a lot of hard times.

The money would make a massive difference.

Ooh-ooh. Ah.

After stealing the money, the first thing that popped into mind

was to buy an engagement ring for my other half, Debbie.

Will you marry me? (CHUCKLES)

Yes. (LAUGHS)

So, if I do get caught, it's not gonna go down very well

if I have to take the ring off her, so... (LAUGHS)

I'm usually quite good at keeping secrets.

Er...You didn't tell us you had a woman for a year.(LAUGHS)

That came as a real shock to me.

Had to go back to Lauren. (LAUGHS)

Is that a Suzuki there?

NARRATOR: Less than half a mile from where the getaway car was spotted,

the detectives might have a match.

SX4.

That might be it. X Cross.

(MOBILE PHONE RINGING)

Hi, Craig. Keely, I think we found it.

This the Suzuki?Yes. You're joking.

OK, have you got a registration number?

November, Delta, zero, eight. We've got a Suzuki. Hold on.

Are you gonna keep observation on it?

Yeah. I've got a real good feeling that this might be the vehicle.

Ray... Governor, we've had a really good lead.Right, OK.

Craig and Alecia have done God's work,

and they've found a Suzuki. Yes.

Keely, we've had registered owner details back from the Suzuki.

OK.Michael Craig is the registered owner.Thanks, Ollie.

Craig and Alecia are down there. Do you want them to start

knocking on doors?No. Don't-don't knock on any doors.

We alarm him and we might lose our other suspects.

We need to find everything about him.

Guys, I found him on Facebook. He lives here in Alnwick.

He lives really close to the bank.

And he works for Billy Shiel's boat company based up in Seahouses.

Ah, wait there. Well...

That's where Ryan Gray works.

This feels like too much of a coincidence.

But if we're right, then Ryan Gray, Michael Craig,

they're in this together.

NARRATOR: Having found Micky's address,

the analysts can now get the details

of any phone registered in his name.

Michael Craig's phone is absolutely vital to this enquiry now.

We need to do all we can to identify who he's calling,

where he's calling them, and where that phone is.

We're on it.

(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)

Ah, lobster. Oh, excellent, yeah.

No idea what the cops are doing, but we are catching lobsters.

Suck it. (LAUGHS)

Oh, there's a big brown crab in there.

Lauren can have... Oooh!

(BOTH LAUGH)

Macca.Yeah. In Michael Craig's haul log,

there's a text two days after the heist

saying, "Want any lobsters?"

"Want any lobsters?"

That's a weird text to send, innit?

Gonna send him a text message cos we have a little code worked out.

NARRATOR: To keep tabs on police activity,

Micky created a secret code to use with a friend.

Well, if I want to talk to him about anything to do with the robbery,

I'll text and ask him if he wants to buy any lobsters.

(MOBILE PHONE RINGING)

Hello. Have you got any heat? No, it's all quiet.

Nobody's come knocking. Not a dicky bird.

Excellent.

If that's not about wanting actual lobster,

could that be, like...?

What are you thinking? That it's a code or something?Maybe.

In investigations in the past, we've known about criminals

use buzzwords when they are sending digital communication to each other.

So that's money, drugs, cash.

The minute you crack that, the codeword's blown

and they're scuppered.

It might be a massive jump to conclusions,

but lobster pots not be, like, a really good place to hide money?

It would be awesome, wouldn't it?

Michael Craig is used to being out at sea.

Could he access lobster pots to maybe hide the money?

It's the perfect place, isn't it?

You know, they've got access to these lobster pots

along quite a sizeable bit of coastline.

There's a massive area that they could potentially drop the money,

hide it under the water. So if we narrow down the search area,

then we can get the underwater search team in there

and they've got a really, really good chance of finding it

if it's there.

We got two today. That's two more than the cops have caught.

(SMACKS LIPS)

(BIRDS CAW)

Can I just have two minutes, everyone?

I'm really concerned

that we are missing four other suspects.

NARRATOR: The detectives have leads on Micky,

Ryan, Hellen and Leonie,

but the others remain unknown to them.

(DOG BARKING)

If I'm not on the radar...

Mate, I'm worried about the detectives

being able to knock at the door.

We need to start doing it,

and mastering it.

Hello there. We're from the Northumberland Police.Right.

We're just investigating a crime that happened down in Alnwick town centre.

We just want to know if you've seen anything.Um, no.

That is shite.Well, I don't know what to fucking say.

So far, I haven't been contacted by the police.

I don't even know if I'm under suspicion.

What is wrong with us

putting lots of different coins in there?

Because these, they're not traceable, are they?

And we don't have to have it on show.

This could be in my knicker drawer.

(DOG BARKING)

My dog's just barked out the window. I just shit myself,

just stared out of it.

There is no-one there, though, thankfully.

You know, I'm starting to feel a bit more paranoid about everything.

You know, even just going for a drink.

There's been no knocks, no enquiries.

(WHISTLES)

I don't know what they're playing at. These people are meant to be the best of the best.

And so far, people as daft as myself and Will...

(WHISTLES) ..seem to be remaining completely undetected.

(SIZZLING)

Are they even doing their job properly?

(SHEEP BLEATS)

I think the time has come where we really need to rattle some cages.

We know that Micky and Ryan have access to boats.

NARRATOR: With no intelligence on the unknown thieves,

Governess Sue Hill decides to focus on the skipper and his first mate,

who she thinks have hidden their loot at sea.

Could it be that they've dropped some money

into maybe a lobster pot, in a wet bag.

I know nothing about fishing, but I do know pots are marked

and you might be able to identify their pot,

which would link them to that money.

So, Jo and Al, I want you to go out on a boat,

have a look, because we need to find Micky, Ryan

with that money.

NARRATOR: The governor deploys a search team -

specialists in underwater rescue and recovery.

So, we are looking for a deposition site underwater.

Wherever they're gonna bury something,

there's gonna be somewhere with a marker.

Potentially lobster pots and that kind of thing.

There might be a new lobster pot out there with a clean rope,

clean buoy rather than... Yeah, yeah.

NARRATOR: As Northumberland's coast is 60 miles long,

the team decide to start their search around Seahouses -

where Micky and Ryan work and know best.

While detectives George and JP

are dispatched to find them.

That's me finished for two-and-a-half hours.

They're here. Ryan.

Can we have a quick word? We've been looking for you everywhere.

Let's pop up to the office really quickly, yeah?

All right, good.

A week ago today was the heist that we're investigating.

The day before.Right. ..we're interested in, as well as the day of the heist.

Thursday, I was on farm in the morning, helping out till about 9:30.

And then I had a phone call on Wednesday

off somebody asking us to go to Glasgow to pick a car up.

That's a bit odd. And I just thought, you know,

I'm getting money for this. I'm not going to ask questions.

Who called you? Er, I can't remember her name,

but I've got her saved in my - Her name.It was a lady, yeah.

Whoa, she's a beauty, this one. A proper beauty.

Posh-speaking lady. Posh-speaking?

Yeah, she was like, (POSH ACCENT) "Oh, hello."

Did you use your phone on the Thursday?

No.Have you deleted anything in your phone?

She just deleted the call and that was it.

Have you deleted anything? I haven't personally, no.

Who's Micky? That's my boss.

Michael Craig, Micky. All right. So is the skipper for your tours?

Which boat does he use?

His own, which is Glad Tidings Seven.

Each skipper has their own boat. Ah, OK. Right, got you.

Have you gone out fishing recently?

I go fishing all the time here. What about...

What about trying to capture lobster?

Do you do any of that?

Sometimes, but only Micky has pots in because -

Micky has pots.Yeah, cos his boat has a fishing licence.

Do you know his favourite spots to fish?

No, I've never been fishing with him.You've never been fishing with him.

(LINE RINGING)

Hello, George. According to Ryan Gray,

our other suspect, Michael Craig,

does a lot of lobstering or getting lobsters.

He skippers the Glad Tidings Seven.

OK, well, we're heading to a couple of locations

for potential dive sites.

NARRATOR: The dive team refocus their search

on the route taken by Micky's tour boat, Glad Tidings Seven,

from Seahouses Harbour to the Farne Islands,

checking all buoys along the way.

There are two buoys there. That might be a good place to dive.

MAN OVER RADIO: Yeah, we're just scanning a buoy that's actually got

the same marking as the vessel, Glad Tidings Seven.

Actually looks quite fresh on there.

Yeah. OK, ready to go, everyone?

Diver in the water.

Diver one, commence search.

DIVER: Diver one, diver one. I have reached the bottom.

The first target is negative. Negative.

It's just an old anchor chain.

Negative search. Make your way back to the boat.

I really need to speak to Micky, let him know the craic.

(LINE RINGING) Hello.

They're fucking all over you, dude.

When they were questioning me, they were saying,

"What buoys does Micky use"

and "What boats does he use?

Did they actually say they had anything on me or...?

They know you're fishing license number, what kind of pots we use.

Everything. Yeah.

But, yeah, they're fucking... They're not stupid, like.

That's not good. Shit got real.

Right, well, I'm gonna let you go.

Right you are. (CALL ENDS)

Fucking hell.I think Micky will be panicking now.

(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)

That one by the lighthouse is sticking out like a sore thumb to me.

Reference point, right in front of the lighthouse.

Let's do that next.

NARRATOR: The search team have carried out eight dives,

each returning a negative result.

Now they approach the last buoy on the route.

OK, you happy? Prepare the diver.

Diver in the water.

DIVER: There's definitely something down here.

Come in, surface team. Come in.

Diver one, send over.

Yeah, there's a lobster pot down here.

It contains a large black duffel bag.

Received.

I'm no expert, but I don't think lobster pots

have black bags in them. How do you want us to proceed? Over.

Bring it to the surface and come alongside. Over.

Ready, diver one.

Diver on the surface.

Well done, boys. Let's hope it's not a dead cat.

(CHUCKLES)

A bag within a bag.

When the music stops.

Oooh! Oh-ho-ho!

Nicely done.

(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)

Oooh! Oh-ho-ho!

Nicely done.

NARRATOR: Two miles off the coast of Northumberland,

specialist divers have retrieved a bag containing cash,

which they believe belongs to thief Micky Craig.

Well done, boys.

(MOBILE PHONE RINGING)

Hi, Jo. Keely, we found over £100,000!

(CHEERING) Brilliant. Well done.

Fantastic.

The dilemma is this - how we can prove whose money that is?

Unless we catch them red-handed with hands on that money,

I think we've got nothing, nothing to charge.

We could put a tracker on the money, see where they go.

Maybe the money will move.

We've got nothing else. They ain't gonna put their hands up to it.

We've got Ray. Let's do it. Excellent.

(LINE RINGING) Hello, mate.

Jo, tactically, what we want you to do

is deploy a tracker, put the money back

and keep your eyes on it.

NARRATOR: Returning the cash to the sea,

even with a tracker, is a dangerous strategy.

But if the detectives don't take this risk,

the trail on the thieves will go cold.

To catching them in the act would be a nice one.

(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)

NARRATOR: The detectives have four suspects in their sights,

but, as yet, can't charge any of them.

With no further leads, the analysts are re-examining

the evidence on Helen Ruff -

the one thief they have charged.

Ah, result. So, details are back

for the SIM card of Helen Ruff.

They know that before the heist,

Helen bought a SIM card for her burner phone.

So two days ago, they requested more information

about her till transaction.

She bought five Vodafone pay-as-you-go SIMs.

Five? She's got the whole team.

She paid cash on the 19th of June

at 11:42.

Well, that's opened up everything. Definitely.Yeah.

NARRATOR: They can now investigate all data

from these four new SIM cards and the phones connected with them.

This is absolutely huge. If we can work out

who those burner phones have been contacting,

we can work back to identify who our thieves are.

This can blow the case wide open.

NARRATOR: When you use a mobile phone,

police can access not only the calls and texts it makes,

but also any voicemails sent to other people's phones.

So, one of the burners left a voicemail

to a new number.

Do you want to listen to it? Yeah, yeah, go for it.

That's Hellen, Leonie's mum.

That's Hellen, is it?100%. That's not a local accent, is it? No.

They're from down south, aren't they? Yeah. Hellen.

NARRATOR: Five days after the heist,

Hellen used a burner phone to call an accomplice.

Hi, love. It's only me. Can you give me a call?

Um...as soon as possible. Thanks a lot. Bye.

So Hellen's using the burner.

Oh. Why don't we just nick her and bring her in?

We know that her daughter Leonie was involved,

so let's see whether or not putting her in a cell

might make her think and focus about what she was doing on the day.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

I'm frightened they're gonna call me in...Mm...today.

And I've got this money on me, on my belt.Yeah, yeah.

So, basically, I just want to hide it somewhere and just leave it.

My dad used to always say to me, "Never trust a copper."

And I never have.

There is no way

I wanna be caught by them.

I think we'll hide it behind the oven.

Just set it down there. Huh?

I tell you what, let any fucking forensics come in here

and tear my new kitchen apart, I'll tear them apart.

Do you think this will come as a surprise to her?

No. I think... No, I don't think so.

I think she knows.

I'm gonna tape it to...Yeah. So it don't move.

Yeah.That's it. That's it.

That'll do.Perfect. Look at that.

(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

She is connected strongly to this job, in some way.

True. (KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Is that a knock? I thought I heard a knock.

Can you hear a knock?

Can we come in?

Hellen, I am placing you under arrest

on suspicion of involvement

in the burglary at Northumbria Bank on the 21st of June.

Anything you say may be given in evidence.

(HANDCUFFS CLICK) We've also got some people coming

to search the house.

(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

Hellen's in custody at the moment.

We've got a team going to her house to turn it upside down

and find out what's in there. I am more sure than ever

that Hellen is involved in this.

(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

I'm gonna start over there.

I'll start over there.

Concealed within a wall, under floors.

Anything like that where money could be hidden.

I want this place torn apart.

One, two, three, up.

It's been down quite a while, actually.

Clear.

Keep coming.

Look underneath the kitchen units.

NARRATOR: They use a fibre scope -

a specialist camera capable of filming around corners

and in tight spaces.

There is something here.

Bingo.(GASPS)Fuck me, it's cash behind the kitchen cupboard.

It's wrapped in cellophane, it's a wad of 20s.

I would like you to take whole kitchen apart.

Shall we get it out?

Here we go. Oh, nice one.

(INDISTINCT)

(GASPS) There we go. Look at this.

Dear, oh, dear. Nice try, Hellen.

..on The Heist.

This is an opportunity for you to tell me the truth.

I swear to God, I wasn't involved in the heist.

She hasn't got a clue.

Fuck. Is that the cops?

I think that was him just gone. It's terrifying.

He's quite tall and slim, that guy. I think it could be Donald Trump.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

Oh, shit!

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