Jewellery worth close to €4 million is stolen from the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder in northeastern France after a burglary early Sunday, according to investigation sources cited by multiple outlets. The thieves break into the museum in the early hours, forcing a door and then moving to the jewellery room. Reports say the burglars smash open display cases to access the collection. France 24 says the investigation estimates the value of the losses at nearly four million euros and that about 20 pieces are taken. The South China Morning Post describes an early-morning raid at around 5:30 a.m. local time and says the suspects target the jewellery room and break open six display cases, with roughly 20 items stolen. Both accounts describe a targeted robbery focused on jewellery rather than a broader theft of museum property. Police investigations are ongoing to identify those responsible and recover the stolen items. The incident follows a recent spate of high-profile museum and luxury thefts in France, though the reports treat this case separately.
Jewellery worth about €4 million stolen from Lalique Museum in northeastern France
Jewellery worth close to €4 million is stolen from the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder in northeastern France after a burglary early Sunday, according to investigation sources cited by multiple out...
- Jewellery worth close to four million euros is stolen from the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder, northeastern France.
- The burglary takes place early Sunday morning, with reports citing around 5:30 a.m. local time.
- Thieves force entry and then target the museum’s jewellery room, breaking open display cases.
- About 20 jewellery pieces are taken, and the raid involves multiple smashed display cases.
- An investigation is underway to identify the perpetrators and determine the full value of the losses.
Burglars stole millions of euros’ worth of jewellery from the museum of French luxury glassmaker Lalique in a daring early-morning raid on Sunday, just months after a stunning gem robbery at the Louvre in Paris. A gang of masked thieves broke in to the museum in Wingen-sur-Moder in northeastern France at around 5.30am local time, forcing a door before heading for the jewellery room and smashing open six display cases, a source close to the investigation told Agence France-Presse. “Around 20...
1 hour agoJewellery worth several million euros has been stolen from the Lalique Museum in northeastern France after burglars broke into the site early on Sunday and targeted its jewellery collection. Around 20 pieces were taken in the raid, with losses estimated at close to four million euros, according to an investigation source.
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