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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A French policeman stands guard in front of a ‘La Poste’ office, the mail service group of France, in Roubaix on November 12, 2025 robbers made off with between 500,000 and one million euros, a jeweller and his wife hostage on November 12, 2025. — AFP pic
LILLE (France), Nov 16 — Thieves in northern France have made off with jewellery worth up to US$1.2 million, police said on Saturday.
The burglars reportedly broke into a jewellery boutique in central Roubaix, near Lille, on Wednesday, and briefly took the jeweller and his wife hostage before making off with the valuables.
The jewels were worth “between 500,000 and one million euros” (US$580,000 and US$1.2 million), police said.
They have launched an investigation into kidnapping, organised crime and armed extortion.
In a separate incident earlier on Wednesday, several individuals blew up a cash transfer safe belonging to Roubaix’s main post office and escaped with the bag that was inside it.
It later transpired that the bag contained nothing other than more empty bags. Six people were arrested that evening.
The heists come after a gang raided the Louvre museum in Paris in broad daylight last month, stealing jewellery worth an estimated US$102 million. — AFP
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