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International crime ring believed behind jewellery theft (updated)

An international crime ring, members of which have recently arrived in Cyprus, appear to be behind the break in at a jeweller’s shop in Limassol early on Monday, police believe. “We are targeting a certain crime ring, which must have arrived on the island lately, and seems to have begun operating,” Limassol police chief Ioannis Sotiriades said at the crime scene. Jewellery of an as yet unknown value was stolen at dawn on Monday from the jeweller’s shop in Limassol.

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Moped gang ‘armed with knives and acid’ launch £100,000 raid on jewellers

A moped gang has stolen £100,000 worth of goods from a jewellers in Wimbledon Village. The four thieves, who threatened people with knives and ‘acid’, launched the daring raid in the upmarket area of London at around 12.45pm on Wednesday.

 

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Two men captured on video stealing $4,000 worth of jewelry from Chino Valley business

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Officials are seeking the identity of two men who were captured on surveillance video stealing jewelry from a business in Chino Valley.
The men entered the jewelry shop, located in the 300 block of Butterfield Road, on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at about 10:45 a.m., according to a Chino Valley Police Department (CVPD) news release…..

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Suspect in Paso jewelry store burglary is caught trying to flee the country, police say

A man who’s allegedly part of a band of thieves that’s suspected of stealing millions of dollars in jewelry from stores across California — including Siegel’s in Paso Robles — was arrested at the airport in Los Angeles while trying to flee the country, police said.
Los Angeles and Santa Cruz police arrested Roman Petre, 28, of Anaheim on Aug. 24 at Los Angeles International Airport while he was trying to travel to Romania, according to a Paso Robles Police Department news release…..

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Footage Shows Tiny Ant Stealing Precious Diamond From Jewellery Shop

Everybody knows that although ants are absolutely tiny, they’re able to carry objects that weigh between 10 and 50 times their body weight, and which are much larger than them. We’ve all seen videos of them carrying leaves, but this little ant went a little bit further:

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Witnesses recall screaming, shattered glass during Richmond jewelry store robbery

Witnesses are sharing their accounts of a brazen daytime robbery at a jewelry store in Richmond, B.C. Tuesday that terrorized shoppers at a local mall. « I heard screaming first. I honestly thought it was a rat or a cockroach or something along the lines of that, » said John Li, who works at the Richmond Centre Lucky Mobile booth near the scene of the incident.

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Man jailed over Regent Street jewellery store moped raid

A moped robber who targeted a jewellers in Regent Street has been sentenced to eight years in jail.

Jamie Farrell, 31, of Islington, north London, was among a gang of six men on three mopeds and a motorbike armed with sledgehammers and knives who arrived at a Watches of Switzerland store in Regent Street on June 5 at 10.20am, Scotland Yard said.

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Five more men sentenced over £1m Truro jewellery robbery

Five more men have been jailed for their part in a £1m jewellery robbery. Haroldas Ivanovas, Salius Mickus, Tomas Bakierskis and Rogertas Slekaitis, were sentenced at Truro Crown Court for conspiracy to rob and using an imitation firearm with the intent of causing fear of violence….

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Women make off with over $10K of merchandise from Verona coin dealer

Die Täterinnen sehen aus wie Frauen aus Rumänien!

AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) — The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from the public to find three women who stole over $10,000 worth of items from a Verona coin and jewelry shop.
According to Cpl. Aaron Will, three women walked into B&J Coins in Verona around noon on Thursday, July 19…..

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Diamonds aren’t forever: Global thief nabbed after Chicago gem heist

CHICAGO (WLS) — An international diamond thief, who police say recently stole two large stones from a Loop jewelry store, was arrested as he tried to board a plane out of the country.
Tamaz Hubel, 67 and a native of Georgia in Eurasia, is accused of swiping a pair of diamonds worth $158,000 on June 6, according to a Cook County criminal complaint on file Monday…..

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