Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Harry Winston Store In Cannes - $16M In Jewels Stolen

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A French official says a robber armed with a hand grenade and an automatic handgun has stolen diamond necklaces and other jewelry from a luxury store in the French Riviera city of Cannes.

Alain Guimbard, a deputy prosecutor in nearby Grasse, said Wednesday the robber entered the Harry Winston jewelry store on the seaside avenue La Croisette by pretending to be a customer.

Guimbard told The Associated Press the robber then forced employees to give him diamond jewelry from a display window and other pieces.

The holdup lasted only a few minutes. Guimbard says the robber escaped and no one was injured.

The stolen merchandise is estimated to be worth $16 million.

6 comments:

Tricia13 said...

I've been in that store and it is/was? magnificent... I wonder if The Kartrashes will try and capitalize on this crazy event:(

AlmondJoy said...

LOL My first thought was Is Lindsay in France?

GoTrollUrSelf said...

Talk to me, Harry Winston, tell me all about it!

lpj said...

the joke is on them. Manufacturer diamonds will make those diamonds and all diamonds worth about $50 eack ct, if that much. Check pearl market from 60yrs ago.

That's why all the "robberies"

I ate my own head said...

Go to ebay, type in Diamonds. Sort high to low. There they are!!

marlo said...

Inside job. There are no clients for this in January in Cannes. They are all in the mountains. Cannes shouldn't even have open jewellers at this time of the year. Nobody with money would ever be there at this time.

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