LOS ANGELES (AP) — Burglars tunneled via a concrete wall to realize entry to a Los Angeles jewellery retailer, making off with no less than $10 million price of watches, pendants, gold chains and different merchandise, police mentioned.
The heist occurred round 9:30 p.m. Sunday at Love Jewels on Broadway within the coronary heart of downtown’s jewellery district, in response to Officer David Cuellar with the LA Police Division.
Investigators have been reviewing safety digicam footage that exhibits the suspects coming into the shop from a big gap they drilled from the property subsequent door, he mentioned.
“They tunneled via a number of ranges of concrete into the goal location,” Cuellar mentioned Tuesday.
An unknown variety of suspects fled via the identical gap and drove off in a late mannequin Chevy truck, he mentioned. The heist wasn’t found till retailer staff arrived for work Monday morning.
Preliminary estimates are that $10 million price of merchandise was stolen, Cuellar mentioned, including that the quantity may change. The proprietor informed The Related Press the loss was round $20 million, and that they didn’t have insurance coverage. No alarms went off and the feed to their in-store safety cameras have been minimize.
On the retailer on Tuesday, employees coated up the opening within the wall with a steel plate, repaired different harm and cleaned up overturned show circumstances and discarded containers. Two massive safes have been damaged into, containing all of the merchandise that they had within the retailer.
Prospects and associates stopped by to supply sympathy, with some even asking to buy objects.
Love Jewels’ web site advertises objects like a 14 karat yellow gold rope chain for $1,200, heart-shaped gold earrings for $200 and a gold cross pendant for $550. Movies on the shop’s social media exhibits glass circumstances full of rings, watches and necklaces.
Detectives examined the scene for fingerprints and DNA, police mentioned.
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