Three armed criminals broke into a jeweller store in the centre of Paris and stole luxury items worth approximately £13 million before fleeing the scene.
The heist happened inside the expensive Piaget watch boutique in the centre of Paris, where the criminals are alleged to have held the staff hostage while barring the clients from leaving.
The Mail was informed by an investigator that “two men in suits” and “a woman in a dress” were responsible.
“They calmly entered the Piaget store, then brandished a weapon with a silencer on the barrel to threaten the staff.”
The robbers forced a staff member to unlock the display windows and a trunk containing some of the most valuable pieces after forcing everyone in the back of the store to the ground.
Once they acquired enough jewellery, the thieves reportedly left on foot before perhaps boarding nearby two-wheelers.
A person with direct knowledge of the situation indicated that police were seeking for three suspects as part of the ongoing investigation.
The heist happened at the business on the Rue de la Paix in the affluent Place Vendome neighbourhood, which is home to a number of jewellers, watchmakers, and luxury brands, around lunchtime.
In recent years, there have been a lot of armed robberies in the neighbourhood.
A adjacent Bulgari store next to the Ministry of Justice was broken into in March by criminals who reportedly carried assault guns before fleeing on motorcycles with millions of pounds’ worth of jewellery.
Jewellery from a Chanel store in the heart of Paris was also stolen by armed attackers last year.
The four thieves were shown on camera casually leaving the Vendome store with their bag full of high-end products.
Near the Champs-Elysees in July 2022, burglars stole merchandise worth about £2 million. The same month, a Dinh Van store was also broken into.
Additionally, in October 2016, a group of masked men held American reality TV star Kim Kardashian at gunpoint during a robbery in her hotel room in Paris, stealing more than £7 million worth of valuables.