Lloyd's of London offers million euro reward for clues in record Cannes gem theft A million-dollar reward offered by Lloyd's helped recoup 80 per cent of gems stolen in the previous record heist in France, when thieves swiped £75m from the luxury Harry Winston store in December 2008. Several informants helped police make dozens of arrests and in one case recover £17 million of rings and earrings discovered encased in concrete and hidden in a drain at a house near Paris. In Cannes, police are now sifting through tips that are "sometimes very fanciful" that are pouring in from all over the world after the record-breaking heist made headlines across the globe. These include one from a local psychic claiming to have mental contact with the thief. Stung by criticism that Cannes has become unsafe after a string of gem thefts, extra police patrols have now been drafted into the Croisette beachfront promenade. While the Carlton thief is still at large, police believe they may have caught the man behind a million-pound theft of Chopard jewelry during the Cannes Film Festival in May. A French-Algerian man caught stealing jewellery in Spain is believed to be the same figure seen in security camera footage of the festival robbery. The room of a Chopard employee staying at the hotel Novotel was broken into and a safe was removed from the wall and carried away with the company jewels inside. The man is currently in court custody after being charged with several robberies at hotels in Cala Ratjada in northeastern Mallorca. French police have asked Spanish authorities for permission to travel to Mallorca to question the suspect.