Four Britons were arrested on Sunday in connection with the February theft of more than US$90 million from a cash depot, considered Britain's biggest ever bank robbery, police said.
The suspects were captured inside the Mega Mall shopping center in the posh Souissi district of the Moroccan capital in an operation involving some 30 police officers and Scotland Yard, a police statement said.
They are suspected of involvement in the armed holdup of a cash depot in the English county of Kent on Feb. 22 in which ?53 million (US$95.4 million) were stolen.
"This theft is considered one of the most important thefts in the annals of international criminality," the Moroccan police said in a statement.
They added that local police had been tracking the suspects for four months.
"Due to the danger posed by the suspects, specialists in martial arts and firearms, Moroccan police had to use special techniques to neutralize them ... without posing a risk to citizens nearby at the time of the arrest."
After the arrest, police searched the Rabat residence of the four men, whose identities were not revealed. The men were wanted by Interpol, and Scotland Yard was involved in their capture, Moroccan police sources said.
British police said in April that they had charged six people including one woman over the robbery on the Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent. More than 20 people have been arrested as part of the investigation.
Only some ?20 million of the stolen money has been recovered, according to British police.
Car dealer John Fowler, 60, has been charged with conspiracy to rob, three counts of kidnapping the depot manager and his family, and handling stolen goods.
Car salesman Stuart Royle, 47, unemployed Jetmir Bucpapa, 24, and 33-year-old roofer Lea Rusha, have been charged with conspiracy to rob.
Ermir Hysenaj, 27, was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, while hairdresser Kim Shackleton, 38, was charged with handling stolen goods.
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