Complete the text with verbs in brackets. Use Past Simple or Past Perfect:
In March 1999, thieves ............. (steal) diamonds jewellery from Woolworth, a famous
jewellery shop in Boston. The thieves were very smart. Before the robbery, they......... (hide)
in the building next door and ....(cut) a hole through the wall.
They used it to get into the shop. By the time the guard at the entrance....... (see) them, they
............ (already/take) the very expensive jewellery from the safe.
A man from the neighbourhood .......... (hear) some noises in the shop and he .........
police but when they ............. (arrive) to the shop, the thieves............ (escape)​