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1 week ago

How Thieves Stole Priceless Jewels at the Louvre in 8 Minutes

On Sun­day morn­ing, some auda­cious thieves stole price­less jew­els from the Lou­vre Muse­um. The heist took only eight min­utes from start to fin­ish. At 9:30 a.m., the rob­bers parked a truck with a portable lad­der in front of the Parisian muse­um. They ascend­ed the lad­der, cut through a sec­ond-floor win­dow, entered the muse­um, smashed through dis­play cas­es, and snatched price­less jew­els, includ­ing a roy­al emer­ald neck­lace. By 9:38 a.m., they descend­ed the lad­der and escaped on motor­cy­cles. And, with that, they made off like ban­dits.
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California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

DA tosses murder case against Oakland man accused of killing brother

Murder charge against Matthew John was dropped; he pleaded no contest to a $98,000 Berkeley jewelry robbery and will serve three years.
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fromwww.bbc.com
5 months ago

Brits can be extradited over Tokyo jewellery heist

British men accused of robbing a Tokyo jewellery store can be extradited to Japan after a landmark ruling.
The extradition case is significant as it involves no existing treaty between the UK and Japan.
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