Reports (en)

Andy Warhol Prints Stolen from Springfield Art Museum

Sometime between the evening of April 6 and the morning of April 7, thieves broke in to the Springfield Art Museum and stole seven screen prints by pop artist Andy Warhol, and as of today, April 22, they are still missing

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Israel: Police Probe $65 Million Fraud at World’s Largest Diamond Exchange

Israeli police are investigating a possible US$ 65 million fraud at the world’s largest diamond exchange in Ramat Gan, a city east of Tel Aviv, the Guardian reported.

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Stolen antique Castellani jewellery pieces worth £2.4m returned to Rome’s Villa Giulia museum

Antique jewellery worth €3m (£2.4m, $3.4m), stolen from Rome’s Villa Giulia museum three years ago, were returned to the museum recently. Italian police recovered most of the jewels from a Russian woman, who allegedly organised the heist.

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Police appeal after failed robbery at Hampshire jewellers

Police are appealing for information after a failed robbery at a jewellery store in Lymington, Hampshire.
At around 12:55pm on Tuesday, 19 April, a man stopped outside Barry Papworth Jewellers on St Thomas Street, on a bicycle……

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Three charged following armed robbery at Winchester jewellers

Three men have been arrested and charged following an armed robbery at a jewellers in Winchester on Friday 15 April.
Police were called to the incident shortly after 9am at Justice Jewellers in Parchment Street, after two men wearing motorcycle helmets entered the store armed with an imitation firearm. The third man was seen waiting in a van nearby…..

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Basingstoke jewellers hit by thieves

Police are appealing for information following a “high value” burglary at a jewellers in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Officers were called to Festival Place shopping centre just after 2:30am on Thursday 7 April to reports of a burglary at the recently refurbished Beaverbrooks The Jewellers store….

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Jeweller speaks of ‘devastation’ following £100,000 raid

A Wiltshire-based jewellery store owner has spoken out after thieves stole almost £100,000 worth of stock during a raid last month.
John Watling, co-owner of Watling Goldsmiths in Lacock, told the Wiltshire Times that “petrified” staff locked themselves into a back office on Wednesday, 23 March, when four men armed with a sledgehammer and crowbar burst into the store…..

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Halifax jewellers raid gang jailed for 60 years

A gang of armed robbers who targeted jewellers across the country were foiled when police swooped on them as they prepared to raid a shop in Halifax.

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Gang of seven sentenced for high-value theft spree

A gang which targeted jewellery and camera shops in a string of raids across four counties has been jailed. Seven men from Hampshire stole goods worth £220,000 in a 10-week spree between October and December 2014.

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Trio hunted after £14,000 watch theft

Police are appealing for information after a £14,000 watch was stolen from a jewellers. Officers were called at around 3.30pm on Wednesday …

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