Gold, gems and Renoirs: Frances museums grapple with a wave of smash-and-grab thefts
PARIS (AP) — At a museum in eastern France, two men disguised with wigs used a sledgehammer and a hammer to smash a display case and make off with a 2,500-year-old gold necklace. The heist took under four minutes. In a smash-and-grab at another French museum, three masked robbers stole 27 pieces of jewelry valued at more than 4. 5 million euros (US$5. 2 million), busting through two doors to break in. Those thefts took place in July. This week, thieves sliced through a fence and climbed the...
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- Gold, gems and Renoirs: Frances museums grapple with a wave of smash-and-grab thefts
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