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Two arrested following raid at Colchester jewellers

Two men have been arrested following a burglary at a Colchester jewellers in the early hours of Thursday morning (20 October).
Police were called to Ernest Jones in Shewall Walk, Culver Square, at around 2:45am on Thursday, 20 October, after reports that burglars had repeatedly struck display windows in a bid to break the reinforced glass and get to the store’s diamond displays……

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Essex jewellers hit by £10,000 armed robbery

A jewellery store in Brentwood, Essex, has been hit by armed raiders who are believed to have made off with at least £10,000 worth of jewellery.
Police were called to the Bonds of Brentwood shop on Ingrave Road at around 12:50pm yesterday (Tuesday, 11 October), after four men on mopeds – two on each bike – rode up to the shop and used axes to smash their way in…..

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Kim Kardashian robbery: How do you sell high-profile diamonds?

Kim Kardashian’s robbers are reported to have made off with $10m (8.96m euros; £7.84m) worth of jewels, including a $4m dollar diamond ring. But how easy is it to sell on diamonds belonging to one of the world’s most famous people?
A stone worth several million euros is likely to have been laser marked, said Neil Duttson, a top diamond trader based in Hatton Garden, London.
The laser makes an invisible mark on the girdle – the side – of the stone, but it isn’t foolproof. „The mark can be polished off by someone who knows what they’re doing,“ said Mr Duttson……

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£16,000 of jewellery stolen from Suffolk jewellers

Some £16,000 worth of jewellery has been stolen from a jeweller in Suffolk after a man and woman entered the store and distracted staff.
The robbery took place at The Amber Shop in Southwold’s Market Place at around 2:20pm on Friday, 30 September. The pair made off with bangles, necklaces, rings and other valuable items……

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Burglars steal HK$2 million in handbags and watches from Chanel store in two-minute raid

Police find luxury boutique ransacked, with shelves emptied and goods missing.
Eighty seconds was all it took for a group of five or more burglars to steal about HK$2 million worth of handbags and watches from one of Hong Kong’s prime retail strips in Causeway Bay early on Tuesday morning……

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Have-a-go hero injured trying to stop armed robbers in jewellery store raid

A man has been injured after bystanders helped foil an armed robbery at a jewellery shop in Windsor, Berkshire.
The raid took place at around 10am yesterday (Thursday, 8 September), when four men attempted to enter Robert Gatwood Jewellers in King Edward Court shopping centre by smashing windows with a sledgehammer and an axe…..

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Four arrested after ‘Halloween mask’ raid on village jewellery store

Four people have been arrested after raiders ‘wearing Halloween masks’ stole jewellery from a village jewellers.
The robbery took place at around 10am yesterday (1 September), when two masked men entered Tiptree Jewellers in Tiptree, Essex, and smashed a jewellery cabinet with a heavy tool…..

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Dramatic moment watches worth £1million are stolen at gunpoint in raid masterminded by ‚The General‘ – before one of his accomplices is chased and captured by brave passers-by

Three robbers stole £1million worth of watches in a jewellery store raid
One of the men was chased down and restrained by brave passers-by
The dramatic scene was captured on CCTV and has now been released
Mastermind Raigo Malm, known as ‚The General‘, was jailed yesterday …..

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Sledge hammer gang get away with thousands of pounds of stock in raid on Peterborough jewellers

Raiders used a sledge hammer to try and smash their way into a Peterborough city centre jewellers. The men struck at Fraser Hart in Queensgate early this morning (Thursday). Queensgate was closed at the time. A Cambridgeshire police spokesman said: “It is believed five people wearing balaclavas forced their way through the centre’s doors near Exchange Street at about 3am this morning (August 25)…..

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Police hunt gang that smashed way into jewellery store at Intu Derby

Police are hunting for a gang of jewellery raiders who smashed their way into a store at Derby’s Intu centre in an early-morning raid.
Officers confirmed the thieves escaped with some jewellery from Ernest Jones, although some of these items were later recovered. It is thought the raiders smashed through glass doors in an underpass in Traffic Street during the incident…..

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