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Jewels worth €1.6 million recovered after fake princess heist: police

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 12:24:41 +0200

Jewellery valued at 1.6 million euros stolen from a Paris jeweller by a woman pretending to be a UAE princess has been recovered at a hotel room on the outskirts of the city, police said Friday.

Thief nabs €15 million of jewellery in Cannes robbery

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 09:26:32 +0100

A robber who posed as a customer stole €15 million ($16 million) worth of jewelry from a shop in the French riviera resort of Cannes on Wednesday, local police said.

The five biggest jewellery heists France has ever seen

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 14:51:33 +0100

French police made 16 arrests Monday over the armed robbery in Paris of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian when masked gunmen stole at least €9 million ($9.5 million) worth of jewellery.

'Fake police' steal €200,000 of jewellery from Paris retirees

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 11:54:41 +0100

Brazen thieves duped an elderly Paris couple into letting them into their apartment, where they then made an easy heist.

Thief 'nabs €1m worth of jewels' from Paris store

Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:43:14 +0100

An armed man has managed to escape a Chopard jewellery store in Paris with goods worth an estimated €1 million, according to reports.

Cannes: French police on alert over diamond heists

Tue, 13 May 2014 10:44:00 +0200

French police will deploy nearly 700 officers at this year's Cannes film festival, which opens on Wednesday, in a bid to prevent the type of audacious jewellery heists that have blighted the chic Mediterranean resort in recent months.

Thieves rob dead woman at French funeral home

Mon, 12 May 2014 12:58:00 +0200

Burglars yanked jewelry off a dead woman's fingers and from around her neck as her body lay in a French funeral home. As if it could get any worse, burglars then struck a second time.

French jeweller 'shoots dead' armed robber

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:37:50 +0200

An armed robber was shot dead on Wednesday in the southern city of Nice. Initial reports indicate the thief was killed by a jeweller whose shop he had just robbed at gunpoint, along with an accomplice.

Cannes thieves pinch €70,000 diamond ring

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:24:21 +0200

The crime season in the Mediterranean resort of Cannes continued this week when thieves helped themselves to a €70,000 diamond ring from an upmarket jewellery store.

Million-euro reward for return of Cannes jewels

Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:21:00 +0200

A €1 million reward has been offered up for any information that will lead to the return of €103 million worth of jewellery stolen from the Riviera resort of Cannes last month. The offer is subject to certain conditions, however.

Paris kidnapping gang targets rich women

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:46:00 +0200

French police fear a gang of robbers is specifically targeting wealthy women in Paris after the second victim in a matter of weeks was kidnapped and forced to hand over tens of thousands of euros worth of valuables.

Thieves abduct widow, aged 85, from Paris street

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:17:00 +0200

A woman aged 85 was kidnapped by robbers near her home on an upmarket Paris street and forced to hand over jewellery worth an estimated €200,000. The incident comes after police issued warnings about jewellery snatches in Paris.

Diamond robbers strike upscale Paris jeweller

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:47:15 +0100

Just hours after masked thieves staged a spectacular five-minute robbery at Brussels airport pilfering diamonds worth €37 million, armed robbers targeted a Paris diamond jeweller, stealing millions of euros worth of valuables.

Gold necklace thieves plague Paris

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:44:39 +0200

A new trend has hit the streets of Paris: ripping gold chains from their owners' necks, according to new crime figures.

Woman arrested over Axl Rose jewel theft

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:51:00 +0200

French police on Wednesday arrested a woman in connection with the theft of gold necklaces and diamonds worth around $200,000 (€160,000) from Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose at a concert in Paris.

Feisty jewellery shop owner overpowers robber

Wed, 30 May 2012 11:22:00 +0200

A Parisian jewellery shop proprietor was not in the mood for any nonsense on Tuesday when a robber wielding a Taser gun burst into her upmarket store.