Another Paris Jewelry Robbery
Just in time for the New Year, Paris has again fallen victim to a jewelry robbery. The Associated Press is reporting that an armed robber broke into an unnamed jewelry store in south Paris earlier on Tuesday and fled the boutique on a motor scooter with more than $100,000 worth of jewels and watches. He reportedly fired a gun into the air at the boutique, but no one was injured.
The incident, which follows several more dramatic jewelry robberies in the past year, including a multimillion dollar heist at diamond boutique Harry Winston last December, seems to underline a security issue in some of Paris’s top-tier jewelry boutiques. Many of these are world-renowned and known for their cream-of-the-crop collections. But in the end, jewelers may resist installing bolstered security features for fear of scaring customers away and taking away from the luxurious ambiance.
Another Paris Jewelry Robbery originally appeared on About.com Paris Travel on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 at 14:20:55.
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