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Car used by axe-wielding jewellery store raiders recovered

A car used by a masked gang who threatened staff with axes at a jewellery store in Leicester has been recovered by police.
The incident took place on Saturday, 14 November, when three masked men entered G Naran, in Melton Road, Belgrave, and threatened staff with axes…..

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Gang convicted for ‘violent’ jewellery raids in Manchester and London

Three men have been convicted following a string of commercial robberies on jewellery stores and money transfer shops.
Over the course of a year the gang targeted seven stores, using rubber blocks and hammers to smash shop windows and steal jewellery from window displays…..

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French police in meltdown after four-tonne cheese heist

Some thieves in France have made off with a rather odd prize recently – four tonnes of cheese. Police were called to a break-in on Monday in which the owner of the Napier dairy in the town of Goux-les-Usiers discovered some crooks had stolen roughly 100 wheels of comté, a luxury cheese which can only be made in the Franche-Comté region using unpasteurised cow’s milk.

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Diwali warning after £45m gold theft in London

Jewellery and gold worth £45m has been stolen from Asian families in London over 12 months, Scotland Yard has said. The number of offences for the 2014-15 financial year fell by 24%, or 1,324 incidents, compared to 2013-14. But police said there was often a spike in thefts around Diwali – the five-day Hindu festival of light – which begins this year on 11 November. A spokesman advised people to consider storing jewellery in safes and avoid travelling alone.

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Romanians to be charged with theft after being brought back to Malta

Three Romanians are to be arraigned at the Gozo Court today charged with theft from Tresor D’Or jewellery in Palm Street, Victoria on August 26.

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Spanish police arrest two alleged ‘Pink Panther’ jewel thieves

Spanish police have arrested two Serbian men who allegedly carried out a recent jewel heist. Authorities have issued additional arrest warrants, saying the suspects belong to the infamous « Pink Panther » crime network.

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Spanish police arrest two ‘Pink Panther’ jewel thieves

Two suspected members of the notorious “Pink Panther” group of international jewel thieves have been arrested, Spanish police have announced.
Police also recovered valuables worth more than €1m (£700,000) stolen from a jewellery shop on the island of Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, as part of the operation, they said in a statement….

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Man jailed for smash-and-grab jewellery store raid

A man who was part of a moped-riding gang which robbed a jewellery store in Brent, London, with hammers and axes has been jailed for five and a half years.
Lookman Shekoni, 24, of Josephine Avenue, Lambeth, had previously pleaded guilty at Harrow Crown Court on Monday, September 28 to robbery having being caught by passers-by at the scene…..

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Four rings stolen from Wrexham Goldsmiths

Four rings have been stolen by thieves from a jewellery store in Wrexham, North Wales.
The incident, which happened at around 12:30pm on Thursday, October 29 at Goldsmiths in Regent Street, saw one man waited outside the shop while another entered and asked to see some rings…..

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The brotherhood that inspired The Last Panthers

Discover the real story behind Sky Atlantic’s explosive new drama, The   Last Panthers – a network of jewel thieves thought to be responsible for   the theft of more than €334m

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