£71 m in stolen British bonds seized in Miami

IN THE biggest seizure of its kind yet, United States Cus - toms agents in Miami con - fisca ted £71 million in stolen British bonds on board a cargo plane bound for Peru, officials said yesterday. There were no immediate arrestsl The bonds, hidden in two Miami telephone directories, were part of the £292-million bond robbery in Nicholas Lane in the City of London last May, one of the largest in history. The negotiable bearer bonds , each worth £1 million,

were seized at Miami Inter - national Airport on Thursday on a Peruvian aircraft due to fly to Lima yesterday, Bill Rosenblatt, in charge of the US Customs Service, told a news conference. Customs officials believe the names of the sender and of the recipient on the package are false. The sender's address was that of a Miami hotel but he was not registered there under the name on the pack - a ge . The address in Peru was still being investigated, Mr Rosenblatt said. >

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