A person needed over burglaries together with a £25m raid on Tamara Ecclestone’s mansion has been arrested in Serbia.
The suspect in his 50s was held in Belgrade, alongside 5 others, on suspicion of cash laundering.
Ecclestone had money, jewelry and gems stolen from her London house in December 2019 whereas she was in Lapland along with her household.
It is among the UK’s biggest-ever home burglaries.
The gang additionally focused ex-footballer Frank Lampard and the late proprietor of Leicester City, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, throughout a fortnight-long crime spree.
Three Italian nationals had been jailed in 2021 after pleading responsible however one suspect, Daniel Vukovic, fled the UK.
Ecclestone put up a £250,000 reward for info resulting in his arrest – in addition to £6m if her valuables had been recovered.
The daughter of former Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone stated final 12 months she was “going Mel Gibson style from the movie Ransom” to recuperate the gadgets after solely a pair of earrings had been recovered.
“This man thinks he can ride off into the sunset with all the spoils from robbing my family and I,” she added.
Vukovic is believed to make use of a number of aliases and was named in court docket because the suspected fourth member of the gang.
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Metropolitan Police didn’t title the person arrested on Wednesday, however stated: “Six people have been arrested in Serbia as part of an international money laundering investigation involving Met officers.
“One of the boys, aged in his 50s, was needed by detectives investigating a collection of excessive worth burglaries dedicated in Kensington and Chelsea in December 2019.
“The men were arrested in Belgrade by Serbian authorities on Wednesday December 20, supported by the Met and the National Crime Agency.”
Source: information.sky.com”