Gang Steals Jewellery Worth €4.5m From Lalique Museum in France in 11-Minute Heist
Police say some suspects were arrested after thieves stole about 20 jewelry pieces worth roughly €4 million from the museum.
- Police have arrested several suspects following the July 5 robbery at the Musee Lalique in Wingen-sur-Moder, France, though the stolen jewelry remains missing.
- A "gang of masked thieves" forced entry at 5:30 a.m., smashing six display cases in 11 minutes to seize approximately 20 pieces valued at about €4 million.
- Mayor Christian Dorschner alleged a "major failure" by the security company; the alarm sounded but no one intervened until a cleaning lady arrived at the 650-piece collection.
- The museum will remain closed for "several days" while staff identify missing items and investigators analyze CCTV footage as part of the ongoing inquiry.
- This robbery occurred less than a year after a major heist at the Louvre in Paris, where thieves stole jewelry worth $102 million.
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Three masked men have looted €4.5m worth of jewellery from the museum of the French jeweller and glassmaker Lalique, located in the Alsace region. The gang broke into the museum at around 5:30am on July 5th and swiftly made their way to the exhibition hall. Once there, they smashed six showcases with hammers and sledgehammers; from the detritus, they retrieved 27 crystal pieces. The heist, which was filmed on the museum’s internal CCTV, took all…
$4.5M in Jewelry Stolen in French Museum Heist
It’s becoming a familiar tune: A jewel heist took place at a French museum. In the early hours of the morning on Sunday July 5, the Musée Lalique in France was robbed of around 20 pieces of jewelry, worth about €4 million (approximately $4.5 million). The French newspaper Le Monde reports that around 5:30 am, a “gang of masked […]
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