Police are continuing to question nine men suspected of being involved in the £200m Hatton Garden heist, as a third suspect was named.
Hugh Doyle, a plumber from Enfield, is the latest of those who were arrested on Tuesday to be identified.Two suspects held in Dartford were earlier named as Brian Reader, 76, and his 50-year-old son, also named Brian.
Police are continuing to investigate after raiders broke into the vault of the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd on Good Friday and stole jewellery and cash from 56 deposit boxes.
The arrests were made as some 200 officers raided 12 addresses in north London and Kent, in what Detective Superintendent Craig Turner described as an "exceptional, complex investigation".
A total of four men aged 67, 74, 58 and 48 were apprehended in Enfield, while a 59-year-old was arrested in East London.
A further two men - aged 58 and 43 - were detained later.
All have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to steal.
Det Supt Turner said "a significant amount of high-value property" had been recovered in the raids on addresses.
A number of large bags were recovered from one address, and police said they were "confident" the property was stolen during the burglary.
Harry Levy, president of the London Diamond Bourse, told Sky News that one of the traders in Hatton Gardens had lost several million pounds worth of goods.
He said: "The good news is that they have recovered a vast amount of goods, especially for the ones that were not insured.
"But the problem is, that by the time they find out what belongs to who, its going to take a hell of a long time."
Sky News' crime correspondent Martin Brunt said police can hold the suspects for 96 hours, during which time detectives will question them, then either release them on bail, release them with no further action, or charge them.
The thieves, described by Scotland Yard as "highly audacious", bored through the concrete wall of the safety deposit vault using a heavy duty drill.
They escaped in a white van with loot in wheelie bins and bags.
Police faced criticism over the raid, particularly after it emerged that police did not respond to a burglar alarm at the scene.
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