Sean Flynn

He watched the bank, learned its rhythms, when and how people came and went. And eventually, he discovered an elegant solution.

Martin saw a weakness, a vulnerability, in the way those sacks of money left the bank. Which was this. The police put them in the back of a car. Not an armored car, or one car in a convoy of cars. Just a regular police car. A little Scandinavian station wagon with blue lights on top. All Martin and Bjorn had to do was carjack that station wagon.

Martin saw a weakness, a vulnerability, in the way those sacks of money left the bank. Which was this. The police put them in the back of a car. Not an armored car, or one car in a convoy of cars. Just a regular police car. A little Scandinavian station wagon with blue lights on top. All Martin and Bjorn had to do was carjack that station wagon.

As always, the most important part of this job would be getting away, vanishing. Martin and Bjorn stole three cars and placed them strategically around the city, each ready to be used in a delicate choreography.

As always, the most important part of this job would be getting away, vanishing. Martin and Bjorn stole three cars and placed them strategically around the city, each ready to be used in a delicate choreography.

Four. They robbed four banks to have something to do. And then, Monday, May 19th, 1980, showtime. Martin and Bjorn had parked one of their stolen cars in a little courtyard where the police would load the cash into their station wagon. They were out on the street, watching, waiting. They saw the police car, the one that would pick up the money, pull into the courtyard.

Four. They robbed four banks to have something to do. And then, Monday, May 19th, 1980, showtime. Martin and Bjorn had parked one of their stolen cars in a little courtyard where the police would load the cash into their station wagon. They were out on the street, watching, waiting. They saw the police car, the one that would pick up the money, pull into the courtyard.

Martin demanded the key to the loaded-up station wagon, then got behind the wheel.

Martin demanded the key to the loaded-up station wagon, then got behind the wheel.

They went screaming through the streets of Drammen. Martin in a stolen police car, blue lights flashing, Bjorn following in a stolen car, like a reverse police chase. But... No one chased after them. Really. By coincidence, half the city's police force, half, was at a training seminar three hours away. There simply weren't enough cops to chase the bad guys.

They went screaming through the streets of Drammen. Martin in a stolen police car, blue lights flashing, Bjorn following in a stolen car, like a reverse police chase. But... No one chased after them. Really. By coincidence, half the city's police force, half, was at a training seminar three hours away. There simply weren't enough cops to chase the bad guys.

Martin and Bjorn drove to where they'd stashed another one of their stolen cars, one the police haven't seen them driving.

Martin and Bjorn drove to where they'd stashed another one of their stolen cars, one the police haven't seen them driving.

The police waved on this nice lady and her dog. They drove a bit further, stashed the money somewhere safe, then split up. They caught separate trains to Oslo.

The police waved on this nice lady and her dog. They drove a bit further, stashed the money somewhere safe, then split up. They caught separate trains to Oslo.

And there were six more sacks. Altogether, they'd stolen 10 million kroner. Adjusted for inflation, that's 7.5 million American dollars.

And there were six more sacks. Altogether, they'd stolen 10 million kroner. Adjusted for inflation, that's 7.5 million American dollars.

If you rob a central bank branch, there's a decent chance you're going to get a lot of currency just entering circulation. Crisp new bills. All of them will have a serial number, likely sequential ones, and the bank will know what those numbers are. Sometimes those bills will be from the same press run. Martin did not see that coming.

If you rob a central bank branch, there's a decent chance you're going to get a lot of currency just entering circulation. Crisp new bills. All of them will have a serial number, likely sequential ones, and the bank will know what those numbers are. Sometimes those bills will be from the same press run. Martin did not see that coming.

Martin thought about it and decided his best course of action would be to take those new, numbered Norwegian bills to Switzerland and exchange them for Swiss francs, bills that had not been stolen and wouldn't draw suspicion when he spent them. He ran that idea past Bjorn.