Thieves in France steal jewellery worth up to $1.2 mn: Police
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Lille, France: Thieves in northern France have made off with jewellery worth up to $1.2 million, police said on Saturday. The burglars reportedly b...
Lille, France: Thieves in northern France have made off with jewellery worth up to $1.2 million, police said on Saturday.
The burglars reportedly broke into a jewellery boutique in central Roubaix, near Lille, on Wednesday, and briefly took the jeweller and his wife hostage before making off with the valuables.
The jewels were worth "between 500,000 and one million euros" ($580,000 and $1.2 million), police said.
They have launched an investigation into kidnapping, organised crime and armed extorsion.
In a separate incident earlier on Wednesday, several individuals blew up a cash transfer safe belonging to Roubaix's main post office and escaped with the bag that was inside it.
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