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Eddie Maher: Suffolk £1m theft suspect deported from US Eddie Maher: Suffolk £1m theft suspect deported from US
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A former security guard wanted over a £1m theft in Suffolk in 1993 has been deported from the United States.A former security guard wanted over a £1m theft in Suffolk in 1993 has been deported from the United States.
Eddie Maher, 57, originally from Essex, was flown back to the UK overnight and is due before Ipswich magistrates later. Eddie Maher, 57, originally from Essex, was flown back to the UK overnight and is due to appear before Ipswich Magistrates' Court later.
Mr Maher disappeared in January 1993 after a security van packed with £1m in cash went missing from Felixstowe. Mr Maher, who was arrested in Ozark, Missouri, disappeared in January 1993 after a security van packed with £1m in cash went missing from Felixstowe.
He was arrested in Ozark, Missouri in February. It is understood he landed at Heathrow Airport in the early hours.
A Suffolk police spokeswoman said Mr Maher would appear before magistrates charged with theft. A Suffolk police spokeswoman said Mr Maher, formerly of South Woodham Ferrers, in Essex, would appear in court charged with theft.
False number plates
She said he was being held in custody ahead of his court appearance.She said he was being held in custody ahead of his court appearance.
"Suffolk Police can confirm that a man who has been wanted by Suffolk police since 1993 in relation to a security van theft has been deported from the United States and is due to appear before Ipswich Magistrates' Court today charged with theft," the spokeswoman said. Police said Mr Maher was "circulated as wanted" in connection with the theft of the security van from outside Lloyds Bank in Hamilton Road, Felixstowe, on 22 January 1993.
"Edward Maher, 57, formerly of Fremantle Close, South Woodham Ferrers, and who has more recently been living in the United States, was circulated as wanted by Suffolk police in 1993 following the theft of a security van from outside Lloyds Bank in Hamilton Road, Felixstowe, on 22 January 1993." The Securicor van was found empty on Felixstowe seafront.
Police believed 50 bags containing £1m in coins, £20 notes and £10 notes, had been transferred into a stolen Toyota Previa Space Cruiser fitted with false number plates.
It is thought the Toyota was then driven to a car park on the nearby Landguard peninsula.
The money was then thought to have been transferred into a car later found burnt-out in Essex.
Mr Maher was working for a cable company in Ozark when he was arrested on a separate matter and accused of immigration and firearms offences in the US.