Police arrest nine men over Hatton Garden jewellery raid

Nine men have now been arrested in connection with the Hatton Garden jewellery raid which saw 72 safety deposit boxes looted.

Scotland Yard said a further two men – aged 58 and 43 – were detained yesterday following an earlier announcement that seven men had been held on suspicion of conspiracy to burgle.

The force revealed it had recovered a “significant amount of high value property” after raiding 12 addresses across London and Kent.

They said they were confident some of the property recovered in the raids, which took place at about 10.30am, came from Hatton Garden.

Detectives from the Flying Squad also apologised after confirming that alarm response procedures had not been followed, but rejected the suggestion they were bungling “Keystone Cops”.

The nine men arrested so far are aged between 48 and 76 and are all in custody on suspicion of conspiracy to burgle.

The robbery happened over the Easter weekend. The gang drilled through a thick concrete wall, then rifled through 72 secure boxes believed to contain millions of pounds worth of cash, jewels and other valuables.