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Cash in transit van ‘significantly damaged’ during attempted robbery in Clongriffin

A cash in transit van was “significantly damaged” during an robbery attempt in north Dublin this morning. The van was damaged when a number of men managed to gain entry to the van shortly before midday today in Grange Lodge Avenue, Clongriffin. The would-be thieves didn’t manage to get away with any money during the robbery attempt but did cause extensive damage to the van.

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Video: Suspected ram raid on London jewellery store results in arrest

Police have arrested a suspected robber after an apparent ram-raid on a jewellery store in west London. Scotland Yard said officers were called shortly before 5.30pm on Friday after a car was reportedly driven into…

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Cut holes in shopping centre roof for jewellery robbery

A ROMANIAN national already in prison and facing deportation for crimes in Ireland was brought before Letterkenny Circuit Court on Thursday. Costel Rosloveanu (29) with a previous address in Borris in Ossory, County Laois, but now in Cloverhill Prison, pleaded guilty to the theft of almost €60,000 worth of jewellery from MCCullagh’s Jewellers.

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Jewellery robbers threaten bystanders with machete and crowbar in brazen High Street raid as they empty shop with no police in sight (Video)

A brazen gang of robbers broke into a High Street jewellers in front of shocked pub goers and passersby. The thieves, armed with a machete and a crowbar, broke into Georgian Gems jewellers in the pretty Dorset seaside town of Swanage on Saturday night.

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French jeweller held in Germany in international gold trafficking investigation

….The French jeweller would then travel to Frankfurt, Germany, where he would sell the melted jewels with the help of an accomplice who managed a shop selling gold. ….

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Londoners take justice into their own hands by tackling a fleeing ram-raider and pummeling him on the street to foil jewellery robbery… before police arrive

Bystanders were forced to take justice into their own hands on Friday when three suspected ram-raiders ‘smashed a car through a shop window and raided a jewellers’ in West London.The clip, posted to Twitter, captures scenes in Shepherd’s Bush after a black Range Rover crashed through the window of the e-Smart Money foreign exchange on Uxbridge Road. …

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SIM Card Swapping Scams | NBC 6

Scammers have now found a way to scam people just by switching their smartphone’s SIM card. It’s how one man lost $1 Million. The NBC 6 Responds team tells you how you can avoid falling victim.

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Crime Stoppers: Surveillance video released in motel robbery

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – On Friday, Lincoln Police released new surveillance video from a motel robbery on September 9. During the robbery, thousands of dollars in cash, computers, and jewelry were stolen as the motel’s owner was held against her will.
The surveillance video shows a man and a women enter the main office of the Oak Park Motel, near 11th and Cornhusker, and asked the owner to see a room. The man and woman told the owner they were interested in booking a block of rooms at the motel. ….

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Jailed: Romanian gang who collected ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of stolen goods from hundreds of homes

Five members of a Romanian burglary gang who stole gold, cash and high-end watches from dozens of wealthy homes received lengthy jail terms yesterday.Catalin Zaharia, Constantin Stoian, Marian Molocia, Daniel Stoean and Florina Spiru – Zaharia’s wife – were directed by crime bosses in their homeland to steal from more than 70 homes in the West Midlands….

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LARGEST ORGANISED CRIME GROUP IN EASTERN SPAIN’ BROUGHT DOWN AS 81 ARRESTED, 4 TONNES OF COCAINE SEIZED AND 800 BANK ACCOUNTS FROZEN

THE ‘largest organised crime group in eastern Spain’ has been brought down following a seven-nation investigation that saw 81 arrests, the seizure of 4,000kg of cocaine and 800 bank accounts frozen. ‘Operation Beautiful’, coordinated by Spain but involving law enforcement authorities from Colombia, France, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom, and supported by Europol, dismantled the ‘violent gang’ in a string of sting operations last week.

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