Paris robbery: Smartly dressed gang stage €10m jewellery raid
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:19 pm
Paris robbery: Smartly dressed gang stage €10m jewellery raid
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66372354
Two men in suits and a woman in a dress have robbed a prestige jeweller's in the fashionable heart of Paris making off with goods worth millions of euros, reports say.
The trio, carrying a handgun equipped with a silencer, targeted the Piaget store at lunchtime in the chic Rue de la Paix, a stone's throw from the Opera in the city's second district.
Staff were forced to the ground, a police source told Le Parisien website.
The robbers then fled on foot.
Prosecutors believe luxury jewels worth €10m-€15m (£8.5m-£13m) were taken as the trio plundered the shop displays. No-one was reported hurt.
France's special BRB police unit targeting armed robbery and burglaries has taken over the inquiry, one of several high-profile investigations into organised gangs and hostage-taking in Paris.
Only three months ago, another smart-fronted jewellery store was targeted 100m (330ft) down the street. The Bulgari shop on Place Vendôme was attacked on a Saturday afternoon, again in broad daylight, by three armed robbers who sped away on two motorbikes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66372354
Two men in suits and a woman in a dress have robbed a prestige jeweller's in the fashionable heart of Paris making off with goods worth millions of euros, reports say.
The trio, carrying a handgun equipped with a silencer, targeted the Piaget store at lunchtime in the chic Rue de la Paix, a stone's throw from the Opera in the city's second district.
Staff were forced to the ground, a police source told Le Parisien website.
The robbers then fled on foot.
Prosecutors believe luxury jewels worth €10m-€15m (£8.5m-£13m) were taken as the trio plundered the shop displays. No-one was reported hurt.
France's special BRB police unit targeting armed robbery and burglaries has taken over the inquiry, one of several high-profile investigations into organised gangs and hostage-taking in Paris.
Only three months ago, another smart-fronted jewellery store was targeted 100m (330ft) down the street. The Bulgari shop on Place Vendôme was attacked on a Saturday afternoon, again in broad daylight, by three armed robbers who sped away on two motorbikes.