Joey Leone
Joey wants three Securicars. Claude rams each open with a tow truck, neutralizes the guards, and delivers every armored van back to the Trenton garage.
Van Heist is a mission in , given to protagonist Claude by Joey Leone from his garage in the Trenton area of Portland, Liberty City.
Claude goes to Joey's garage in Trenton and Joey explains that they are planning to hit a Securicar pay role van. Joey instructs Claude to find a vehicle and ram the van until the driver bails out. Joey then instructs Claude to take the van to a warehouse in Portland Harbor, where some accomplices will get to the cash. When the mission begins, the Securicar is on the move on the edge of Chinatown.
The first objective is to damage the Securicar (indicated by a damage meter) to the point where its occupants must bail out, as the van's doors are locked. Because this particular Securicar is bullet-proof, the player must ram the vehicle continuously until the damage meter is full; large and heavy vehicles such as the Bus, Coach or Linerunner are particularly useful damaging the Securicar quickly and pinning down the van when necessary. Upon ramming the Securicar for the first time, the van will begin to flee. In addition, the player accumulates a minimum of two stars by only hitting the vehicle twice.
When the Securicar is sufficiently damaged, its occupants exit the vehicle and flee, allowing the player to commandeer the van and take it to a garage in Portland Harbor. Regardless of how many stars the player has, their wanted level is nullified when the Securicar reaches its final destination.
