After scooping up jewelry and watches estimated to be worth 2 million euros ( $2 . 6 million ) the thieves reversed their car out of the store and set fire to it before making off in another vehicle , Le Monde reported .
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After scooping up jewelry and watches estimated to be worth 2 million euros ( $2 . 6 million ) the thieves reversed their car out of the store and set fire to it before making off in another vehicle , Le Monde <m> reported </m> .
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Crooks at $2 . 6 million heist on Paris jewelry store
A smash - and - grab on a high end Paris store saw four robbers make off with jewelry and watches valued at over $2 . 6 million early Monday .
At around 4 : 30 a . m . local time ( 11 . 30 p . m . ET ) the thieves rammed an SUV into the front of the Casty store , near the prestigious Place Vendome , a well - known square in the center of the French capital that is home to a number of jewelers and high - end stores .
After scooping up jewelry and watches estimated to be worth 2 million euros ( $2 . 6 million ) the thieves reversed their car out of the store and set fire to it before making off in another vehicle , Le Monde <m> reported </m> .
The raid comes little over a month after a masked bandit made off with an $136M worth of diamonds and jewels from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes on the glamorous French Riviera , in possibly the world ’ s biggest heist .
A lone robber entered through a French door at the side of the building on the famed La Croisette seafront , scooped up the loot and then jumped out of another window .
Despite a huge police investigation , the audacious culprit remains at large .
Thieves also targeted the annual Cannes film festival , stealing almost $2 million of jewelry from the safe in the hotel room of an American jeweler working for Chopard , one of Switzerland ’ s most famous diamond merchants .
Days later a $2 . 5 million necklace was lifted by a crook at a movie industry party at the even more exclusive resort of Cap d ’ Antibes , near the Italian border .