RABAT, June 26: Morocco will extradite British suspects to the United Kingdom on Tuesday following their arrest in Rabat as part of an investigation into Britain’s biggest cash robbery, a senior security official said on Monday.
In Britain, police said they only sought one of the suspects over the 53 million pound ($96.94 million) hold-up in February, but the Moroccan security official said all four arrested on Sunday in a Rabat supermarket would be sent to Britain.
“The four will be extradited to the United Kingdom according to the rules which means that they will be flown home 48 hours from the time of their arrests. The extradition will take place on Tuesday,” the Moroccan senior security official told Reuters.
A British police spokeswoman said she was only aware of an extradition request for one of those arrested, Lee Murray, 26, from south London.
British police have charged seven others in connection with the February 22 armed robbery on a Securitas cash depot in Kent, southeast England.
Moroccan authorities described the four arrested as dangerous specialists in martial arts and use of firearms.
“The four have been living in a luxurious villa in Rabat before the arrests,” added the official.
Police did not name the four.
The arrests came after a three-month investigation by Moroccan police in cooperation with their British counterparts, Moroccan police said.
British Detective Superintendent Paul Gladstone said Murray was arrested on suspicion of robbery, kidnap and other offences linked to the raid on the depot.
“The man is in custody in Rabat and the United Kingdom is now seeking (his) extradition,” he told reporters.—Reuters
