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Regent Street robbery: Moped thugs wielding samurai sword and sledgehammers raid luxury watch shop in front of horrified shoppers

A gang of moped robbers armed with a samurai sword and sledgehammers have raided a Regent Street jewellers in front of horrified shoppers.
The thieves ransacked the shop before fleeing, leaving behind a number of weapons following the Sunday afternoon raid.
Police raced to the busy shopping street following reports of the smash and grab at Watches of Switzerland jewellers by a group of suspects on mopeds shortly after 2pm…..

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Oakville Place jewelry store robbed at gunpoint: police

Police are searching for two suspects after an armed robbery took place at a jewelry store at Oakville Place on Wednesday night. Officers were called to the shopping centre, located at 240 Leighland Avenue, for a reported incident at Mariani Jewellers and Watch Boutique at around 8:30 p.m.

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Heist at Hermes: Surveillance Video Released in $500K Fashion Valley Mall Theft

Authorities Tuesday released two surveillance videos showing a fast-working crew of burglars ransacking a Fashion Valley luxury- goods retailer and making off with merchandise valued at more than a half- million dollars.

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Jewellery stolen from Athlone store in storm robbery

Jewellery and watches worth around €250,000 were stolen from a shopping centre in the midlands during last week’s snow storm.

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FBI – Jewelry & Gem Theft

The FBI’s Jewelry & Gem Theft program—created in 1992—offers investigative assistance and intelligence on theft groups to law enforcement and partners with the jewelry industry to create a unified and coordinated approach to this crime threat. The FBI is involved in this types are thefts for several reasons: The thefts usually cross state and even national boundaries—so they need a federal agency with offices across the nation and overseas to investigate these highly mobile jewelry thieves; these crimes are increasingly committed by organized criminal enterprises or theft groups that likewise require a federal agency with tough laws and with offices across the U.S. and overseas; and these groups are often involved in other kinds of organized crime activities already under scrutiny by the FBI.

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Police release photos of persons of interest in $500,000 Fashion Valley heist

SAN DIEGO — Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down ten people that made away with $500,000 worth of merchandise in a Fashion Valley Mall burglary spree last month……

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Austin Jeweler Shot and Killed in Home Invasion

Austin, Texas–An Austin jewelry store owner was shot and killed during a recent home invasion.
According to the Travis County Sherriff’s Office, early in the morning of Friday, March 2, police received a call from a woman who said an intruder had entered her house and that multiple shots had been fired. ….

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Gangs with metal detectors target Asian homes for jewellery raids

Organised criminal gangs targeting affluent Asian households are using metal detectors to find where families have hidden their precious jewellery, it is suspected.

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Gunshots ring out as gang of masked robbers raid jewellery store

attacking security guard and hitting him over the head with a handgun before fleeing in their getaway car

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Jeweller releases this CCTV as police hunt gang who raided shop

Police are hunting a gang who targeted a town centre jewellery store.
Two men and two women distracted a shop assistant at Andrew Carter Jewellers in Sandbach, while a third woman went into the staff area to steal a number of items…..

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