Paris Jewellery Theft

Two people armed with a Taser and tear gas robbed a Dinh Van jewellery store in central Paris on Friday before fleeing on foot, two police sources said, with one of the sources saying as much as 2 million euros worth of goods was stolen.

Two robbers armed with a gun and grenade stormed one of Paris' best known jewellers on Tuesday in the latest brazen daylight strike on luxury boutiques in the French capital.

More than two years after men dressed in wigs and scarves struck the Harry Winston jewellery store in Paris's golden triangle of upscale shops, the police this week discovered a cache of sparkling diamonds from the theft in a far less glamorous place: a drainpipe in the northern suburbs of the city. They found one diamond ring the size of a child's...

Two people armed with a Taser and tear gas robbed a Dinh Van jewellery store in central Paris on Friday before fleeing on foot, two police sources said, with one of the sources saying as much as 2 million euros worth of goods was stolen.

Two robbers armed with a gun and grenade stormed one of Paris' best known jewellers on Tuesday in the latest brazen daylight strike on luxury boutiques in the French capital.

More than two years after men dressed in wigs and scarves struck the Harry Winston jewellery store in Paris's golden triangle of upscale shops, the police this week discovered a cache of sparkling diamonds from the theft in a far less glamorous place: a drainpipe in the northern suburbs of the city. They found one diamond ring the size of a child's...