Van Robbery

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 405.

Supply the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

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A.

Robbers used a tractor and a lorry to ambush a security van on Wednesday night, escaping with hundreds of thousands of pounds. The robbery came as detectives who (1) ________________ (to investigate) the £53m raid in Tonbridge announced that they (2) _________________ (to find) another £8m of the stolen money.

The Wednesday robbery is part of a growing trend of attacks on security vans. Two men (3) ________________ (to wait) in a stolen lorry for the armoured vehicle to make its delivery. They pulled out in front of the van, forcing it to stop, then a tractor rammed the vehicle from behind and robbers, who (4) _________________ (to wear) balaclavas, leapt out of the lorry, smashing the van's windows and back door with crowbars.

As soon as the robbers (5) _________________ (to seize) several sackfuls of cash they abandoned the lorry and the tractor and used another vehicle to make their getaway. Detectives found an abandoned Volvo V40 less than a mile away. Detective Chief Inspector Judi Heaton said: “The robbers (6) _______________ (to make) a mistake by leaving the vehicles behind. They (7) _________________ (to recover) and now (8) _____________ (to examine) by forensic experts.”

She added: “Not all of the money in the van (9) ______________ (to steal). The bank will not be able to check how much money (10) _____________ (to go) until we ________________ (11) (to finish) looking at the van.” She said there (12) ______________ (to be) nothing to suggest that the robbers (13) ______________ (to have) inside information, but every line of the inquiry (14) _____________ (to pursue). “We do not think it (15) _________ (to connect) to the £53m raid in Tonbridge, Kent,” she added.

Five people (16) ________________ (to charge) in connection with the Tonbridge robbery since the investigation (17) _______________ (to be) underway. More than a third of the £53m stolen at Tonbridge now (18) ________________ (to find), Kent police said last night. The latest find of £8.6m (19) ______________ (to be) in a garage in Southborough, near Tonbridge Wells. A total of £20m so far (20) ______________ (to recover).

(From ‘The Guardian', abridged)

B.