No front page stories today, but a piece tucked inside the Star...police poised to arrest 3
http://themaddiecasefiles.com/topic21680.html?sid=ac14f739bc698c5df101d92d6267ec92
Maddie police set to arrest 3.
by Tracey Kandohla
Daily Star
January 12th 2014
Scotland Yard are poised to arrest 3 three key suspects in the hunt for Madeleine McCann if Portuguese police give them the go ahead.
Maddie's parents Kate & Gerry of Rothley, Leics, were yesterday said to be "very pleased" that police could be on the brink of a breakthrough.
Met officers have established a gang of burglars were operating in Praia da Luz when Maddie then 3 was snatched in the resort in May 2007.
They have now asked for help from the Portuguese authorities with the Crown Prosecution Service sending a formal letter on their behalf, seeking assistance.
The McCanns spokesman Clarence Mitchell said; "Kate & Gerry remain very pleased with the work Scotland Yard continue to do in the search for Madeleine"
Analysis of mobile phone activity shows three men made numerous calls to each other in the hours after Maddie vanished from her family's holiday flat.
A source close to the McCanns said; "This is a significant development."
"It means the police have the intention of arresting and interviewing X, Y, Z"
"we don't know who they have their sights on but it's likeley it is the burglars who had been operating in the area"