Pakistan, Jan. 22 -- United States federal immigration authorities have allowed a suspect charged in what is described as the country's largest jewellery heist to leave the US voluntarily, a decision that has effectively enabled him to avoid a criminal trial and potential prison sentence.

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Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores was among seven individuals charged in connection with a $100 million jewellery theft carried out in 2022 at a highway rest stop north of Los Angeles. According to investigators, the group targeted an armoured truck and made off with a vast cache of high-value items, including luxury watches, diamonds, emeralds, gold and rubies.

Flores was facing up to 15 years in...