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| £1m reward offered over gems raid | £1m reward offered over gems raid |
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| A £1m reward has been offered for information leading to the capture of robbers who stole £40m of jewellery during a raid in central London. | A £1m reward has been offered for information leading to the capture of robbers who stole £40m of jewellery during a raid in central London. |
| The Metropolitan Police said the reward was the biggest offered for a crime of this type. | |
| The robbery, at Graff jewellers in New Bond Street, was Britain's biggest gem raid. | |
| A 50-year-old who was arrested by officers in Ilford, east London, has been released on bail. | A 50-year-old who was arrested by officers in Ilford, east London, has been released on bail. |
| The reward has been offered by Tyler and Company, on behalf of interested insurers. | |
| "I think this is the biggest reward that has ever been offered for a crime of this type," said Det Ch Insp Pam Mace. | |
| "I'm directing my appeal at people, and that includes criminal associates, who know who these robbers are and where they are." | |
| The £40m haul is exceeded only by the £53m raid on a Securitas depot in Kent in 2006. | The £40m haul is exceeded only by the £53m raid on a Securitas depot in Kent in 2006. |