The Bulgari luxury jewelry store, located on the iconic Place Vendôme in Paris, was the subject of an armed robbery on Saturday April 29 in the early afternoon, according to reports. from the Actu17 websiteconfirmed to AFP by the police and the prosecution.
According to the first elements, three individuals aboard two motorcycles showed up at the jewelry store around 1:45 p.m., said a police source. Two of them, carrying long weapons, allegedly hit the security guard before helping themselves to jewelry inside the shop, according to “the Parisian”who adds that one of the robbers was wearing a “police” armband.
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On videos posted on social networks that seem to correspond to the robbery, we see two imposing black motorcycles parked on the sidewalk in front of the jewelry store. A helmeted, armed man dressed in black keeps watch. Then the three men fled on the two motorcycles, according to the images.
The damage is being assessed, according to the police source.
A flagrant investigation for armed robbery in an organized gang has been opened and entrusted to the banditry repression brigade (BRB) of the Paris judicial police, said the Paris prosecutor’s office.
A precedent in 2021
The Bulgari jewelry store had already been the subject of an armed robbery in September 2021, the damage of which was estimated at ten million euros.
Among the team of robbers, one had been injured in the leg by a policeman. Arrested, he was indicted and imprisoned. In June 2022, two other suspects, aged 26 and 37 at the time and from Seine-Saint-Denis, were arrested. They were also charged and remanded in custody.
