Woman held hostage in £1m Belfast van heist

A MAJOR crime gang is suspected of taking a woman hostage during a £1 million-plus raid on a cash delivery van in Belfast.

She was seized from her home in the city and held for up to eight hours.

The terrified victim was released unhurt this morning only after her partner, who works for the Brinks security firm, took the money to a filling station where the robbers were waiting.