<p><br /> An alleged member of the so-called "Pink Panther" international crime syndicate arrived in Japan after being extradited from Spain by Japanese authorities over a 2007 armed robbery of a Tokyo jewellery shop.<br /> </p><p><br /> Rifat Hadziahmetovic, a 42-year-old from Montenegro, is suspected of having robbed a jewellery shop in Tokyo's Ginza district in June 2007 and stole, among other things, a diamond-dotted tiara worth 2.3 million dollars.<br /> </p><p><br /> The suspect was arrested in March 2009 in Cyprus and was sent to Spain where he was taken into custody over other charges.<br /> </p><p><br /> After arriving at Narita Airport, Hadziahmetovic was escorted by Japanese police to a police station in Tokyo, located a few blocks away from the store he allegedly robbed.<br /> </p><p><br /> He is expected to be soon sent to the Tokyo district prosecutors' office for further investigation, Japanese media said.<br /> </p><p><br /> The "Pink Panther" gang have been blamed for a string of audacious heists around the world over the last 10 years, and Interpol estimates their robberies to have netted goods worth more than 317.6 million dollars.<br /> </p><p><br /> The gang was given its nickname by British police after their first heist in London's exclusive Mayfair district in 2003.<br /> </p><p><br /> Interpol says there may be up to 200 Pink Panther members, many of whom are Serbian nationals with military experience.<br /> </p>
