#crime - A band of armed jewel thieves stole diamonds, rings and watches valued at more than $100 million from a Harry Winston boutique in the heart of the Paris's "golden triangle" of luxury shops near the Champs-Élysées.France’s costliest jewelry theft occurred Thursday 4 December 2008 afternoon, but was not reported until Friday. The robbers struck in the holiday season, when jewelry stocks are plentiful.
It was the second time in 14 months that the Winston boutique on Avenue Montaigne had been robbed, and the theft followed by little more than a week one at Cartier in Paris, where a veiled woman posing as a tourist from Qatar switched a fake for the real gem in a diamond ring valued at $800,000.
Source: New York Times
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