Arrest in heist probe.FLYING Squad officers investigating a pounds 40m jewellery robbery arrested a man yesterday. Scotland Yard Scotland Yard, headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. The term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Named after a short street in London, the site of a palace used in the 12th cent. said the 50-year-old man was arrested outside a home in Ilford, east London East London, city (1991 pop. 240,474), Eastern Cape, SE South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. The city grew around a British military post founded in 1847. Its harbor was developed from 1886, and today it is a leading South African port. , on Monday. He has since been released on bail. A spokesman said investigators are examining several new lines of inquiry after CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television images of two robbers at the Mayfair shop were released. Police have also undertaken a series of raids at properties in the London area as part of their inquiry. Two armed men made off with 43 items of jewellery worth almost pounds 40m in a raid at Graff Jewellers in London's West End last Thursday. The men, who were helped by a series of getaway drivers, are believed to be responsible for the biggest gems heist in British history. Scotland Yard has issued CCTV images of the two men. They believe at least two others helped with the getaway. Detective Chief Inspector Pam Mace, of the Flying Squad, said the pair were "extremely dangerous". |
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