Morocco holds Britons sought for huge cash raid

RABAT - Moroccan police have arrested four Britons sought for the UK's biggest cash robbery, a 53 million-pound raid four months ago, police have said.

The four were seized on Sunday local time as they were shopping in Rabat's largest supermarket, police said, adding that police mounted a sizeable operation because the suspects were "specialists in martial arts and the use of weapons".

British police have charged seven people in connection with the February 22 robbery on a Securitas depot in southern England.

The arrests came after a three-month investigation by Moroccan police in cooperation with their British counterparts, the Moroccan statement added.

Moroccan police did not say if or when the four arrested suspects would be handed over to Britain. The statement did not name those arrested.

- REUTERS