A CRIMINAL taking delivery of £2 million in cash from a heist is wondering if he can keep the bag it comes in.
With the handover arranged to take place in a warehouse on an industrial estate in Essex, Steve Malley is worried about the correct etiquette for what might well be a fairly expensive holdall or sports bag.
Malley said: “I’m just wondering, and this is a valid question, if I’m allowed to keep the holdall, or if I’m expected to provide my own bag. I don’t want any awkwardness.
“It might belong to the gangland figure delivering the cash, and if it’s a decent Adidas or Nike one he’s paid 40 quid for he might think I’ve got a bloody nerve chucking it in the back of the Range Rover and just driving off.
“It looks simple in the movies, but in Heat or The Dark Knight they completely gloss over who the black bags belong to. Sure, I’ve got something I can put the money in in the car, but it doesn’t scream ‘hardened criminal’ if I get out a Waitrose Regular Shopper bag.”
Malley was also concerned about the counting process, saying there was no way he could guarantee that dozens of bundles of cash were the full amount by quickly flipping through them in a dark, tense environment.
He said: “It took me ten minutes to check the cash when I sold my Mazda CX-5 last year. And that was just some bloke off Facebook Marketplace who hadn’t killed 11 people.”
