Nokas Ran (Norways biggest heist)

On 5th of April 2004, at 8am - the NOKAS cash depot (former Norsk kontantservice) in Kongensgate in Stavanger was raided by heavily armed men. It was the biggest ever heist in Norway.

Equipped to hold off the police, the gunmen wore bulletproof vests, helmets, ski masks, gloves and overalls, and were armed with AG3s, MP5s, Kalashnikov automatic rifles, M1 carbine and a .45 ACP pistol.

The gunmen undertook extensive means to delay a police response while the Nokas depot was attacked. The Stavanger Police HQ was blocked by a burning lorry on the vehicle exit, smoke bombs were thrown at the front of the building and spikes were spread across the road to burst the tires of police vehicles.