EU arrest warrant over hotel Rolex robbery

A European arrest warrant has been issued for a Gleneagles Hotel Rolex robbery suspect who is believed to have fled to Spain.

Detectives fear the gang member – who is originally from Glasgow – escaped to Spain within days of the £500,000 armed robbery being carried out.

The suspect, whose most recent permanent address was in London, is known to have connections with organised crime figures in the UK. Now prosecutors have been granted a European arrest warrant in a bid to track the suspect down and bring him back to Scotland.

A source close to the case said: “Officers are working on a definite positive line of inquiry. There has been intelligence that the trail for one of the suspects initially led to Spain.”

Search warrants have also been granted to allow police to carry out raids on a number of properties in Glasgow and London as part of the investigation. Two men have already been arrested in connection with the incident at the five star resort on 27 June this year and have appeared briefly at Perth Sheriff Court.

The European arrest warrant operates Eu-wide and replaced separate extradition arrangements between the EU states.