Chanel jewellery boutique in Paris held up by armed men
PARIS – A group of armed men held up a Chanel gems store in Paris with no attempt whatsoever at being subtle Thursday and gotten away on two bikes.
The assessed worth of the merchandise taken from the store, which spends significant time in top of the line watches and fine adornments, was not quickly known. The police prefecture tweeted that individuals from an extraordinary unit went to the scene after the heist, which happened near 3 p.m.
The store on regret de la Paix, not a long way from the French capital’s drama house, has been subbing for a Chanel shop on the rich Place Vendome that is going through redesign.
A video coursing via online of what seemed, by all accounts, to be the heist showed four men wearing dark and with their countenances covered getting away on two bikes. Three of them had been in the store while one stood monitor with what resembled a programmed rifle lashed across him.
Le Parisien paper cited a boss at a close by store, Cyril Ngo, as saying that passers-by didn’t see the weapon or grasp what was happening. He said the burglary required around 10 minutes.
Heists of Paris shops selling gems and watches are normal.
Seven hoodlums did a sensational heist in September at a Bulgari shop on Place Vendome, taking great many euros worth of gems. Police pursued suspects on two cruisers and in a vehicle through Paris. Two suspects were immediately captured, a single shot in the leg by police.