Could Smurfs help spend the £40m haul?
The armed gang behind yesterday’s £40 million cash heist may discover that stealing the money was the easy bit. Financial experts believe the robbers face a tricky task in spending the cash without being caught. The euphoria of escaping with the huge haul is likely to have been replaced by a stark realisation of the difficulties it causes, according to specialist John Horan. He said: “I don’t think they knew they would get this much cash. They planned for millions, but not this much. To start with they probably could not believe their luck, but now they’re getting the headaches.