Detectives investigating the multi-million pound Securitas depot raid have recovered "a quantity of cash" from a white Transit van linked to the robbery, it has emerged.
Kent Police said it was "too early" to say how much money had been recovered from the van, which was found at the Ashford International Hotel today after a tip-off from a member of the public.
However, pictures have emerged which appeared to show two police officers in white overalls, face masks and gloves unloading two large black bags from the rear of the van.
The bags appeared to be wrapped in tape and required two officers to lift them. If full of cash, the quantity of money recovered could be substantial.
A gang of armed robbers escaped with up to £50 million after raiding the Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, in the early hours of Wednesday - Britain's biggest robbery.
In a statement, Kent Police said: "We can confirm a quantity of cash has been found in the vehicle, but it is too early to speculate on how much.
"We are linking this to Wednesday's robbery at the Securitas depot in Tonbridge, but we cannot say yet how significant the find is."
The vehicle and its contents are being pored over by forensic experts. The analysis is likely to take some time and it could be days before it is known how much cash has been recovered.
Police also confirmed tonight that the three people arrested so far in connection with the raid had been released on police bail pending further inquiries. One of those released was a 41-year-old woman arrested at a building society in Bromley yesterday on suspicion of handling stolen goods.
The Bank of England confirmed that £25 million of its money had been stolen, although the final figure could reach £50 million. If confirmed at £50 million, it would eclipse the previous record haul of cash and valuables worth up to £40 million from a safe deposit box centre in Knightsbridge, central London in 1987.
Money-laundering experts said the gang might have actually stolen too much money and could now be struggling to find a way to launder their haul.
Six raiders snatched the manager of a security depot, took his wife and young son hostage and threatened to kill them unless he helped them get inside the compound.
"These men were armed, dangerous and violently threatening," said Det Supt Paul Gladstone. "They held the manager in fear of his life, and that of his wife and son, for more than six hours and threatened to kill him and his family before raiding the depot."
Police today released an e-fit of one of the suspects they are still hunting today. He was said to be white, about six feet tall, with a scruffy ginger beard which might have been false.
Police said raiders in an unmarked car with police-style blue lights on its front grille pulled over the depot manager's car as he drove home from work on Tuesday.
He was taken to a farm building where a gun was put to his head. He was told to cooperate or his family would be killed. At the same time, his wife and son were abducted from their home by raiders dressed as police.
Early on Wednesday, the gang spent more than an hour loading a large white lorry with cash - a mixture of new and old bank notes - before escaping.