Paris police find $25M in stolen jewels from 2008 heist in sewer: Associated Press, the Toronto star
French investigators have found jewels valued at $25 million hidden in a Paris rain sewer — part of the spectacular 2008 heist from luxury jeweller Harry Winston’s Paris boutique. Nineteen rings and three set of earrings (one pair valued at $19.5 million) were dug up from a drain at a house in the Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis. The jewels were hidden in a plastic container set in a cement mould inside the sewer, police said. The house belonged to one of the nine people charged in the heist. The bold Harry Winston robbery on Dec. 5, 2008, netted the thieves — some dressed as women and wearing wigs — gems and bejeweled watches worth up to $118.1 million, police said. More recently, police have set the figure at $85 million.
I think this is crazy that items with such great value could be stolen. I don't see how whoever did this thought they could get away with it. It might take a while to find them, but sooner or later someone was getting caught. I don't see what would possess a person to do this, but i guess 85 million dollars would help. Do you think the others will get caught?
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