He was arrested on a charge of armed robbery.
Now also includes draft Regional agreement on co-operation in preventing and suppressing ACTS of piracy and armed robbery against ships.
However a charge of larceny, rather than armed robbery, will probably only keep him in jail for one year at the most.
Piracy and armed robbery against ships is dealt with by the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) as well as by the Facilitation Committee.
Acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships are of tremendous concern to IMO and to shipping in general.
The case concerns four men accused of an armed robbery at Heathrow Airport in 2004.