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VIDEO: Smash-and-grab on Fleet Street watch boutique by knife-wielding gang

A gang of thieves wielding machetes and a sword smashed their way into a Fleet Street watch boutique this morning, taking an unknown quantity of watches from the store.
The gang stormed the Chronext shop – a short distance from the Royal Courts of Justice – on scooters during business hours earlier this morning, reportedly smashing through the glass doors of the premises with a moped before threatening staff, smashing cases, and making off with watches…..

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Asian jewellery worth £600,000 stolen in Glasgow break-in spree

A significant rise in housebreaking incidents has seen more than £600,000 worth of Asian jewellery and cash stolen.
The high-value items were taken from homes in the Greater Glasgow police division.
Most of the 44 incidents reported since July this year happened in Newton Mearns and Robroyston.
Police Scotland officers believe the crimes are linked…..

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Moped suspects threaten police officer with knife, slash tyres and escape after being caught in London

Moped criminals have been caught by police in London, only to threaten an officer with a knife, slash the wheels of his motorbike and escape.
The incident will provoke fresh alarm following mounting calls for a crackdown on offenders using scooters to launch robberies, stabbings and acid attacks with relative impunity…..

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Notorious Chilean jewellery thief who carried out armed heists in Barcelona is arrested at Heathrow after months on the run

A notorious Chilean jewellery thief alleged to be involved in a number of armed robberies across Barcelona jewellery stores has been arrested at Heathrow after months on the run. Catalan Police say the unnamed man is a suspected member of a well-known gang who took part used guns to hold up stores in the Catalonian city. 

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Asian jewellery worth £600,000 stolen in Glasgow break-in spree

A significant rise in housebreaking incidents has seen more than £600,000 worth of Asian jewellery and cash stolen. The high-value items were taken from homes in the Greater Glasgow police division.

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Antwerp jewellers subject to stricter measures from January 1st

Antwerp City Council will impose stricter requirements on jewellers from January 1st, so as to prevent malicious practices and guarantee fair competition.

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Shocking footage ‘shows dramatic Southport jewellery heist in progress’

This shocking footage appears to show four robbers, wearing motorbike helmets, carrying out a jewellery heist. A witness to the incident, in Lord Street, Southport, captured the moment four men, their faces concealed, apparently made their escape after smashing their way into a jewellers shop. The suspects broke into the store and stole valuable jewellery before setting their vehicle on fire and leaving the scene on motorbikes. Police and fire crews were called to the scene at around 4.40pm after a Land Rover Defender rammed the premises and was set alight.

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Thieves Break Into Sliema Jewellery Store Through Neighbouring Kitchen Wall

A jewellery store in Sliema was robbed after thieves broke in through a wall of a neighbouring home. Police believe the thieves entered the abandoned home and proceeded to break through the kitchen wall to gain access to the neighbouring stores.

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Gas pistols fired in Copenhagen department store robbery

Copenhagen Police are looking for three men after an armed robbery in the exclusive Illum department store in Copenhagen on Monday afternoon.
A weapon, thought to be a gas pistol, was fired during the incident, according to police deputy inspector Brian Belling.
Police have posted images from the robbery on social media in an attempt to identify the robbers…..

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Wave of Smash-and-Grab Robberies Hit Midwest

New York–There have been a half-dozen smash-and-grab robberies in the Midwest over a period of a little more than a month, the Jewelers Security Alliance said in a crime alert issued Friday…..

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