The technology works by releasing glue inside a cashbox when someone tries to open it. Should the person try to recover the notes, the process will cause the notes to delaminate, rendering the bank notes in the cashbox completely unusable.
The glue also contains existing technologies in dye, which stains the notes, and SmartWater, a forensic solution invisible to the naked eye but detectable under UV light. The DNA-style code within SmartWater ‘contaminates’ the person who has breached the cashbox for up to six months and will link the individual to a specific attack.
G4S Cash Solutions says its technology has played a key role in detecting perpetrators of CIT crime, helping to bring them to justice while acting as a clear deterrent to potential criminals.
Detective Superintendent Nick Stevens of the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad said:
“This is a fantastic result for the Flying Squad working in partnership with the cash-in-transit industry using the latest technology to arrest and convict criminals.
“The conviction should assist in deterring other criminals who think that committing cash-in-transit robberies are a quick and easy way to get cash. This latest technology is a new weapon in the fight against cash-in-transit robberies and adds to the Flying Squad’s already excellent partnership work with the industry, which has seen the number of such robberies consistently fall significantly year on year.”
