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van with smoke pouring out through its doors and windows, one of which has been smashed. <\/p>\n<p>Once they’ve filled their boot and a duffel bag with their bounty, they speed off in the car. <\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tSign up for all of the latest stories\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Start your day informed with Metro’s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/news-updates\/?signup-source=news-article\">News Updates<\/a><\/strong> newsletter or get <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/breaking-news?ito=news-article&?signup_source=news-article-link\">Breaking News<\/a> <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The incident happened at 3.30pm on June 2 at the Reevesland Industrial Estate in Newport, South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with the gang\u2019s methods told MailOnline the robbers likely used stolen fire service tools to breach the van\u2019s safe.<\/p>\n<p>He said: ‘It’s called a hydraulic power pack. Some of the lads have been stealing from the fire service. They are perfect for prizing open a safe in a security van. <\/p>\n<p>‘They are known as the ”jaws of life” and they generate huge power. Perfect for opening a safe or bank strong door.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"564\" src=\"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_255759904-622c-e1750138640574.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23433877\" alt=\"Grabs for Cash van raid\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The robbers could be seen breaking into the security van<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_255760061-17e2-e1750138679705.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23433871\" alt=\"Grabs for Cash van raid\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>They worked at speed and could be seen moving the cash over to a car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_255768482-dbc0-e1750138734978.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23433866\" alt=\"Masked robbers go in car.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The robbers then sped off in the Audi car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three men have been arrested in relation to the incident but have since been bailed.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Gwent Police said: ‘Two men, aged 34 and 38, from Bristol were arrested on suspicion of robbery and have been released on police bail.<\/p>\n<p>‘A third man – a 33-year-old from Bristol – was also later arrested on suspicion of robbery and assault by beating of an emergency worker and released on police bail.<\/p>\n<p>G4S declined to comment on an active police investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T59S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/17\/06\/99441627-0-image-a-1_1750137535888.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-06-17T06:16:34+0100″,”description”:”This is the moment four masked men used an ultra powerful hydraulic clamp to remove a safe from inside an armoured G4S security van at the Reevesland Industrial Estate in<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/masked-gang-use-jaws-of-life-to-break-into-armoured-van\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Masked gang use \u2018jaws of life\u2019 to break into armoured van<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6441"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6447,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6441\/revisions\/6447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}