Crime
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May- 2016 -4 May
Five arrested after smash-and-grab raid at shopping centre jewellers
Five men have been arrested after an attempted smash-and-grab raid at two jewellery stores in a North London shopping centre. Officers from the Metropolitan Police were called to the smash and grab raid at around 02:30am on Wednesday, 4 May, at Brent Cross shopping centre. It is believed that a…
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Apr- 2016 -28 April
VIDEO: Man steals Rolex watches worth £28,000 from a Manchester jewellers
A man posing as a customer ran out of a jewellers in Manchester with two Rolex watches, valued at around £28,500. The man was caught on CCTV walking into a jewellery store in Manchester’s Arndale Centre on Saturday, 19 March, at around 6:35pm as he posed for a customer. The…
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21 April
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. He used a mallet to strike a glass panel in an attempt to…
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19 April
£100,000 theft at Ernest Jones Eastbourne
Sussex Police are investigating a burglary at an Eastbourne jewellers in which thousands of pounds worth of stock was stolen. Officers were called to Ernest Jones, in Eastbourne’s Arndale Centre, at about 1:13 am on Monday (18 April) following a report from a member of staff about the break-in. Entry…
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18 April
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…
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11 April
VIDEO: Illegal gold mining is ‘driving organised crime in Latin America’
Illegally mined gold in South America has overtaken cocaine and is now the “most important” way to earn money for organised crime gangs, according to a new report. The new report, from The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, found in Peru and Colombia – the largest cocaine producers in…
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8 April
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. Thieves smashed the doors at the…
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7 April
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…
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Mar- 2016 -30 March
Diamond firm ordered into liquidation after £1.2m scam
A london diamond broker targeting “vulnerable” investors and mis-selling them fancy coloured diamonds has been ordered into liquidation by the High Court. The company, which the High Court said was mis-selling investors fancy coloured diamonds at inflated prices, was ordered into liquidation following a petition presented by the Secretary of…
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23 March
£400,000 worth of watches stolen in Stoke-on-Trent jewellery store raid
Some £400,000 worth of watches have been stolen in a raid on a Beaverbrooks store in Stoke-on-Trent. Staffordshire Police said they believe 10 people were involved in the burglary, which happened just after 2:35am on Thursday, 10 March, at the Intu Potteries shopping centre in Hanley. The offenders, who were…
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