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| Man held over theft of passports | Man held over theft of passports |
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| A man is being questioned in connection with the theft of 3,000 blank passports and visas worth about £2.5m from a security van in Oldham. | A man is being questioned in connection with the theft of 3,000 blank passports and visas worth about £2.5m from a security van in Oldham. |
| It follows an attack on a security van driver after he stopped at a newsagents shop on 28 July. | |
| The man arrested is understood to be the delivery man who accompanied the driver on his journey. | |
| The Foreign Office has said there was a serious breach of security over the loss of the documents. | The Foreign Office has said there was a serious breach of security over the loss of the documents. |
| A statement from Greater Manchester Police said: "A 48-year-old man from Oldham was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery and is currently in police custody." |