Inside Job Unmasked: Cash-In-Transit Driver and Accomplice Busted for £920K Robbery
Plan Hatched Over Two Years
After a painstaking seven-month probe by the Met’s elite Flying Squad, a daring cash heist was revealed as a meticulously planned inside job. The robbery, reported in December 2021, was backed by privileged insider info and executed using burner phones and cloned vehicles to cover tracks. Detectives uncovered a plot that took over two years to perfect.
Driver Threatened at Home, But Was He Really a Victim?
Specialist cash-in-transit driver Andrew Measor left his home on December 30, 2021. A masked man wielding a firearm confronted him, threatening harm to Measor’s family unless he complied. Forced to take a disposable phone, Measor collected £920,000 in cash and £14,660 in coins from his depot. CCTV showed him loading the money into laundry bags and driving to a remote spot in Woodford.
Three masked men then swapped cash bags into vans with cloned plates. Measor later handcuffed himself to the steering wheel, called his boss—claiming he’d been robbed—and even dialled with his nose to prove duress. But police grew suspicious.
Burner Phones, Cloned Plates, and a Web of Lies
Investigators found Measor was in cahoots with Stefanos Cantaris. The duo picked meeting spots days before the robbery, used burner phones destroyed right after, and relied on multiple vehicles with fake number plates—all crushed after the crime to erase evidence.
Text messages revealed Measor feigning PTSD to milk compensation after claiming trauma. CCTV and ANPR data exposed his orchestrated acts to appear genuine. The Flying Squad’s detective chief inspector praised the “substantial investigation”, saying, “They weren’t as clever as they thought.”
Guilty Verdicts and Upcoming Sentencing
- July 2022: Both men charged with conspiracy to steal, pervert justice, and conceal criminal property.
- February 21, 2024: Measor, 51, found guilty of conspiracy to steal and perverting justice at Southwark Crown Court.
- Stefanos Cantaris, 39, pleaded guilty to theft conspiracy and was convicted of perverting justice.
- Both cleared of criminal property transfer charges.
Sentencing for the pair is set for March 24 at Southwark Crown Court. The Met continues efforts to recover the stolen cash.
“The level of preparation shows how determined they were to succeed. Our work to recover the stolen funds continues,” said Detective Chief Inspector Laura Hillier.
