UK raid suspect faces extradition from Morocco

LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) Britain will seek to extradite a man arrested in Morocco in connection with the UK's biggest cash robbery, police said today.

The 26-year-old Briton from London is wanted for questioning over the 53 million pound (97 million dollars) armed raid on a cash depot in Kent, southeast England, in February.

The man, who has not been named, was arrested in a shopping centre in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, yesterday.

''The man is now in custody pending extradition proceedings,'' a Kent Police spokeswoman said. More details were expected later today.

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

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

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