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Rolled gold robbery: Rogue charmerâs $5m Packer heist In May 1995, a master crook did the seemingly impossible- walked out of Kerry Packerâs Sydney office with 285kg of gold bullion â and got away with it. Crime by Janet Fife Yeomans Premium Content In the first week of May 1995, a story began unfolding in Sydney. A total of 285kg of gold bullion worth $5.4m had been stolen from Australia s richest man under the nose of 24-hour security. The gold had been lifted from a safe in Kerry Packer s Australian Consolidated Press headquarters in the CBD and the theft, leaked to the press on May 1, had police baffled. ....