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Robert Gatward jewellery shop raiders sentenced to more than 30 years imprisonment

A judge has praised the Windsor community after four armed robbers were sentenced to more than 30 years imprisonment between them – thanks to the efforts of a group of have-a-go heroes in King Edward Court.

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POLICE, JEWELLERY INDUSTRY COMBAT ARMED ATTACKS

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Trio Jailed For Bournemouth And Poole Armed Robberies

Two men and a woman have started jail terms for robbing two female escorts in Bournemouth and Poole – at gun and knifepoint.

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Stolen car used in $60,000 Kelowna X-ray heist

KELOWNA – Two $30,000 X-ray machines were stolen from a Kelowna pawn shop after a suspect used a stolen car to ram the front of the store. Shortly after 5 a.m. today, Feb. 6, a commercial alarm notified police of multiple glass breaks at Premier Jewellery and Loans on Bredin Road.

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Whirlwind heist: Video shows thieves steal $250G of gold and diamonds in seconds

Surveillance video captured three robbers who apparently stole more than $250,000 in gold and diamonds from a Florida jewelry store in under a minute — as two of the suspects remain on the loose.

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Local jewelry heist could be connected to others nationwide

After a jewelry heist that nabbed more than half a million dollars of precious gems, prosecutors say the crime may be linked to others around the country. Wednesday at the Regional Justice Center in Kent, prosecutors said the heist could have been a screenplay. “[The couriers are] facing individuals at least armed with a knife, ski masks, gloves; they jump out of a van like you’d probably see in the movies,” explained Gary Erndorff with the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

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Jewellery store robbed second time in a week

DUBLIN, Ireland – A Dublin jewellery store witnessed its second jewellery heist in a week, and the staff at the store was assaulted by the robbers in the second theft. Gardai have begun an investigation into the heists pulled at Bouchon jewellers in the Diamond, Malahide Village. The first robbery took place last Wednesday and the second one on Saturday afternoon. 

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Tokyo cops nab members of ‘Pink Panda’ gang in ¥3 million jewelry theft

Suspects distracted employee at booth before stealing a diamond ring. TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested three Chinese nationals believe to be members of the so-called “Pink Panda” criminal group in the theft of a ring valued at nearly three million yen at an exposition in Koto Ward last year, reports TBS News (Jan. 24).

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Police: Henderson jewelry store clerk killed by security guard’s gunshot

HENDERSON, Nev. (KSNV News3LV) — Surveillance video has been released today by Henderson Police in relation to an attempted robbery and death of an employee at a Jared the Galleria of Jewelry on Saturday night.

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Kyle Lowry’s Home Burglarized By Multi-Million Dollar Jewelry Theft Ring

Philly police bust massive jewelry theft ring. Philadelphia police have reportedly cracked a multi-million dollar jewelry theft ring in the Delaware Valley which once hit the home of Toronto Raptors All-Star guard Kyle Lowry.

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