In Paris, on the famous Place Vendome on Tuesday, another daring robbery was committed. A group of kidnappers, two of whom were eventually detained by the police, robbed a jewelry store, stealing jewelry and jewelry from the famous Bulgari brand, valued at 10 million euros, a police source close to the case told AFP. This is another high-profile robbery in the so-called “Golden Triangle” at the Place Vendome, where the most expensive jewelry stores in Europe are located.
The police, informed at about 12 noon about a possible robbery in the Place Vendome, chased a car with three robbers, as well as persons who were traveling on two scooters. The car, a gray BMW, was abandoned after a police chase in the 4th arrondissement in the center of the French capital. A police officer shot and wounded one of the criminals in the leg, who was then arrested. A second man, who took refuge in the Forum des Halles underground car park, was also detained. Three attackers managed to escape.
The investigation into “theft with the use of weapons by a criminal group” has been entrusted to the Anti-Bandit Brigade (BRB) of the Paris Judicial Police, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
This summer has already been marked by two major robberies of jewelry stores in Paris. On July 27, a man on a scooter with the use of weapons stole valuables worth 2 million euros belonging to the Chaumet trademark. The next day, he was arrested along with his accomplice, and most of the jewelry was returned to the owner. Three days later, two men armed with an electric pulse gun and tear gas cans stole € 400,000 worth of jewelry from Ding Wang’s store. This time, the attackers could not be detained.
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