Cannes heist: Panthers strike again?
Armed thieves dressed in Hawaiian shirts swiped up to EUR 15mn in gems from a French Riviera boutique in broad daylight, a British daily writes.
Wednesday, 15.07.2009.
19:45
Armed thieves dressed in Hawaiian shirts swiped up to EUR 15mn in gems from a French Riviera boutique in broad daylight, a British daily writes. The Telegraph reports that "a man with a deep suntan and wearing a flowery shirt walked into the Cartier store in Cannes and threatened staff with a gun," followed by two accomplices wearing crash helmets who then entered the store. Cannes heist: Panthers strike again? "They took jewels from glass display cases before fleeing along Cannes’ famous Croisette promenade on scooters after the raid on Monday," the daily writes. Reports said that the raid lasted less than a minute. The French police said they were investigating whether the men could be part of the notorious Pink Panther gang. “They were very fast, and spoke as little as possible. This was the work of true professionals,” said a source close to the investigation. The international gang, which is believed to be comprised mostly of Serbs and Montenegrins with military experience, staged a series of daring raids in the past ten years on jewelry stores in places as far apart as London, Tokyo, Dubai and the French Riviera, walking away with spoils worth a total of over EUR 100mn. The London police nicknamed the gang Pink Panthers after the 2003 London heist when they hid a stolen diamond, worth more than EUR 500,000 in a jar of face cream. "They were apparently inspired by the original Inspector Clouseau film in which the world's most expensive gem is hidden the same way," said reports. The Telegraph reminds that the thieves' attention to detail led one criminologist to describe its work as "artistry". "During one raid in Biarritz, thieves applied fresh paint to a bench opposite the jewelry store they were about to rob to deter potential witnesses. In August 2005, disguised as tourists in flowery T-shirts, gang members casually walked into the Julian jewellers in the crowded port of Saint-Tropez in broad daylight. Minutes later, they left with the stolen gems and – to the amazement of a crowd of onlookers – sped off in a waiting motorboat," reminds the daily. Last month, a suspected Pink Panther was apprehended in Montenegro, while several days later Monaco police arrested three men, also at the time believed to have been members of the gang.
Cannes heist: Panthers strike again?
"They took jewels from glass display cases before fleeing along Cannes’ famous Croisette promenade on scooters after the raid on Monday," the daily writes.Reports said that the raid lasted less than a minute.
The French police said they were investigating whether the men could be part of the notorious Pink Panther gang.
“They were very fast, and spoke as little as possible. This was the work of true professionals,” said a source close to the investigation.
The international gang, which is believed to be comprised mostly of Serbs and Montenegrins with military experience, staged a series of daring raids in the past ten years on jewelry stores in places as far apart as London, Tokyo, Dubai and the French Riviera, walking away with spoils worth a total of over EUR 100mn.
The London police nicknamed the gang Pink Panthers after the 2003 London heist when they hid a stolen diamond, worth more than EUR 500,000 in a jar of face cream.
"They were apparently inspired by the original Inspector Clouseau film in which the world's most expensive gem is hidden the same way," said reports.
The Telegraph reminds that the thieves' attention to detail led one criminologist to describe its work as "artistry".
"During one raid in Biarritz, thieves applied fresh paint to a bench opposite the jewelry store they were about to rob to deter potential witnesses. In August 2005, disguised as tourists in flowery T-shirts, gang members casually walked into the Julian jewellers in the crowded port of Saint-Tropez in broad daylight. Minutes later, they left with the stolen gems and – to the amazement of a crowd of onlookers – sped off in a waiting motorboat," reminds the daily.
Last month, a suspected Pink Panther was apprehended in Montenegro, while several days later Monaco police arrested three men, also at the time believed to have been members of the gang.
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