Thieves pulled off a two million - euro jewellery heist in central Paris on Monday morning after smashing their car through the store's front window .
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Thieves pulled off a two million - euro <m> jewellery </m> heist in central Paris on Monday morning after smashing their car through the store's front window .
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Two million euro jewellery heist in central Paris
Thieves pulled off a two million - euro <m> jewellery </m> heist in central Paris on Monday morning after smashing their car through the store's front window .
12 : 48PM BST 09 Sep 2013
Four men rammed their car into the Casty store near Paris's chic Place Vendôme in the latest in a spate of high - profile robberies in France – most on the Riviera .
A police source said the men drove a large four - by - four car into the store at around 4 . 30am and grabbed jewellery and luxury watches worth an estimated two million euros ( £1 . 7 million ) .
They then set fire to the vehicle and escaped in another car .
The entire robbery was over in a matter of minutes .
Forensic teams were examining the crime scene on Rue de Castiglione in Paris' first arrondissement , home to numerous jewellery shops .
"They are absolutely not afraid of anything , " Gérard Bénézat , the store's insurer , told France Info .
"It's become almost routine and yet everyone knows what needs to be done to be protected . "