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Millionaire gold trader in court over alleged connection to jewellery robberies

Millionaire gold and diamond trader Alejandro​ “Alex” Mendieta​, who police believe is connected to armed robberies at Melbourne jewellery stores, has appeared in court and wants his bail conditions eased.

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Attempted Watchfinder robbery foiled by builders’ citizen’s arrest

Builders are thought to have performed a citizen’s arrest on one member of a group of thieves who attempted to break into Watchfinder & Co’s Avery Row store in central London today.
Unconfirmed reports from social media suggested that a group of as many as 20 builders noticed the attempted robbery taking place and proceeded to confront the suspects before police arrived…..

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Robbers on mopeds ransack London jewellery store in broad daylight as people film on phones

A moped gang armed with hammers raided a luxury jeweller in broad daylight as bystanders filmed on mobile phones.
Dramatic footage showed six robbers dressed in black and wearing helmets speeding away from Boodles in west London as smoke poured from the shop.
The gang stormed into the Basil Street store in Knightsbridge and smashed through glass displays with hammers just after 10.35am on Wednesday…..

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Update: Five of seven suspects arrested in 197-million-yen heist

Police have arrested five suspects in Monday’s theft of 197.96 million yen from a Bangkok jewellery exporter. Two more suspects are being sought.

 

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High-flying diamond and gold merchant who had Delta Goodrem perform at his birthday party has properties raided as three men are arrested for ‘masterminding violent jewellery store heists’

A flamboyant Lamborghini-driving gold and diamond dealer has been raided by police, who arrested three men suspected of masterminding jewellery store heists. Colombian-born Alejandro ‘Alex’ Mendieta had his store raided on Thursday as part of an investigation into a series of armed robberies across…..

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Security guards stole £7MILLION from their own van after staging a fake robbery in one of the biggest ‘inside job’ heists in British history

Two security guards face lengthy jail terms for stealing £7million from their own cash-in-transit van in one of the biggest ‘inside job’ heists in British history. Driver Mohammad Siddique and guard Ranjeev Singh – who worked for security firm Loomis – staged the fake raid near Heathrow Airport in a plot described in court as worthy of a Hollywood movie.

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Three arrested after allegedly selling, receiving stolen jewellery linked to armed robberies

Three men have been arrested as part of an investigation into the receiving and selling of stolen jewellery after a series of violent armed robberies across Melbourne.

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Two injured in jewellery shop hold-up at The Point

Two men were injured this morning in a hold-up from a jewellery shop at Pjazza Tigne, which forms part of The Point. The incident happened at about 10am at Diamonds International.

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This man helped smuggle 14 TONNES of tobacco worth £3m into the UK

A man who helped a gang smuggle 14 tonnes of tobacco worth £3.1m in evaded VAT and duty into the UK from Germany was jailed. Emmanuel Cieply, of no fixed abode, rented three properties in Liverpool, Bradford, Leeds and Liverpool where 1,041 packages containing illegal tobacco was delivered between October 2014 and February 2016.

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Biggest bank heist in history is foiled after police pounce on gang who spent four months digging a 550 yard tunnel into the Bank of Brazil’s vault to steal £240 MILLION

Brazilian police has busted a bank robbing gang who had spent four months digging a tunnel into the main vault of the national bank containing £240million. Police found the 550yard-long tunnel in southern Sao Paulo, leading from the robbers’ lair to a branch of the Bank of Brazil. 

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