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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 jewellery worth £40m during a raid in central London. | |
The Metropolitan Police said the reward was the biggest offered for a crime of this type. | The Metropolitan Police said the reward was the biggest offered for a crime of this type. |
The robbery, which targeted a jewellery shop 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. | 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 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." | "I'm directing my appeal at people, and that includes criminal associates, who know who these robbers are and where they are." |
The two robbers walked into the premises on Thursday of last week at 1640 BST and threatened staff with handguns before leaving the shop with their haul and a woman hostage. | |
The woman was released outside the shop after the robbers fired a shot into the ground and escaped the scene in a blue BMW. No-one was injured. | |
The £40m haul is exceeded only by the £53m stolen in a raid on a Securitas depot in Kent in 2006. |