Tonbridge, England ? Police charged three suspects Wednesday in the $92 million robbery at a cash depot in southeastern England – the world’s largest known peacetime theft.

The charges against the trio are the first in the investigation of the theft last week at the security warehouse in Tonbridge, 30 miles southeast of London.

Police said car salesman John Fowler, 57, was charged with conspiracy to rob the Securitas Cash Management Ltd. warehouse and with kidnapping depot manager Colin Dixon, his wife, Lynn, and their 9-year-old son.

Stuart Royle, 47, was charged with conspiracy to rob, while Kim Shackelton was charged with handling stolen goods.

Thirteen suspects have been arrested since the heist, but the three were the first formally charged by police.

Fowler is the owner of a farm that has been the focus of intensive police searches. Police have refused to confirm television reports that a substantial amount of money has been found there.