James Bond gun thieves wanted by UK police

007 relieved of part of its arsenal: weapons that belonged to James Bond were stolen from the home of a Londoner at the end of March, and the British police decided to launch a call for witnesses on Monday to try to find the authors of this theft, as well as four or four of the five stolen weapons.

Back on a flight like no other.

We are on March 23 in Enfield, a district of London.

As the coronavirus plunged the United Kingdom into confinement, the home of a resident of this "borough" in the north of the capital was broken into.

Their booty: a Beretta "Cheetah" and a "Tomcat", a Walter PP, a Smith & Wesson 44 Magnum and a 22 caliber Lama. 

A fully chromed Magnum

The weapons therefore belonged to the most famous secret agent in history.

James Bond used them in

(1973, with Roger Moore), 

(1985, with Roger Moore) or 

(2002, with Pierce Brosnan) 

One of those deactivated firearms, the yellow hilt Lama pistol, was found rusty in a field near an Essex station in April.

The others, sometimes unique pieces, cannot be found.

Among these missing weapons is the 007 Magnum, the only one in the world to be fully chrome.

The Walter PPK is the last weapon used by Roger Moore in the scene from

where Grace Jones jumps from the Eiffel Tower by parachute.

"Sentimental value"

One of the investigators, Paul Ridley, said in a statement that stolen weapons "are very recognizable" and will "most certainly be" identified "by the public or whoever is offered them for purchase."

He underlines the "sentimental value" that these weapons had for their owner, which were to be part of a "national exhibition".

Police released video surveillance footage on Monday showing a suspicious vehicle just before the theft, a gray Vauxhall and renewed its call for witnesses.

The perpetrators were described as three men with Eastern European accents, dressed in dark, masked faces.