Diamond Robbery

Diamonds worth Rs 5.62 crore have been allegedly stolen from a gems company store in Mumbai over six months following which police have arrested three persons, including two employees of the firm, an official said on Wednesday.

The Rajasthan Police has arrested two men accused of robbing a jeweller in Mumbai by posing as Delhi Crime Branch officers, and recovered diamond jewellery, gold biscuits and Rs 18 lakh from the vehicle they were travelling, officials said.

A 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing items worth Rs 1.37 crore, including gold and diamonds worth Rs 1.31 crore, a Mumbai police official said on Thursday.

Robbers have made off with gems worth 300,000 euros ($370,000) snatched from two Indian diamond traders as they were entering a Paris metro station, a source close to the investigation said Friday.

Mumbai police have arrested two Chinese nationals for allegedly stealing a diamond worth Rs 34 lakh from an exhibition centre in suburban Goregaon.

Six persons were arrested after police thwarted a gang's plan to loot diamond and gold traders in suburban Matunga in Mumbai, a senior official said today.

Diamonds are forever (as are any jewels, really), which is why they have been endlessly pursued by Bollywood scriptwriters over the decades. Jewel robberies have formed the crux of many a filmy plotline and leading actors of Bollywood have escaped with a haul of precious loot. Happy New Year is the latest of these plunder stories. Here are some scr...

A businessman and his friend who were carrying diamond jewellery worth over Rs.1 crore were robbed by three armed men here, police said on Thursday.

Four employees of a security agency, carrying a consignment of gold and diamonds worth crores of rupees from Gujarat to Mumbai were allegedly abducted and robbed by four unidentified men in suburban Borivali, police said today.

Gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs.12.25 crore, the assessment of which was completed on Wednesday, was stolen in a daring break-in from a shop, police officials said.

A diamond broker's employee allegedly stole diamonds worth about Rs 85 lakh from his office locker in suburban Bandra, police said today.

A lone man wearing gloves, a cap, and a scarf to mask his face sneaked into a diamond show in a luxury Cannes hotel and made off with some $136 million of loot, a French state prosecutor said today - more than twice the initial estimated take from the weekend hold-up.

Police have detained 31 people over the heist of $50 million in diamonds in February - one of the biggest jewellery robberies in history - after coordinated raids in Belgium, France and Switzerland, Belgian prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Machine-gun toting robbers disguised as cops made off with $50 million worth of diamonds in a spectacular heist on the tarmac at Brussels airport, prosecutors and dealers said on Tuesday.

A broad daylight robbery attempt was on Thursday foiled by alert people who caught one of the five armed robbers after they looted Rs 3 lakh in cash from a courier firm dealing in gold and diamonds and opened fire while escaping in south Mumbai, police said.

Diamonds worth Rs 5.62 crore have been allegedly stolen from a gems company store in Mumbai over six months following which police have arrested three persons, including two employees of the firm, an official said on Wednesday.

The Rajasthan Police has arrested two men accused of robbing a jeweller in Mumbai by posing as Delhi Crime Branch officers, and recovered diamond jewellery, gold biscuits and Rs 18 lakh from the vehicle they were travelling, officials said.

A 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing items worth Rs 1.37 crore, including gold and diamonds worth Rs 1.31 crore, a Mumbai police official said on Thursday.

Robbers have made off with gems worth 300,000 euros ($370,000) snatched from two Indian diamond traders as they were entering a Paris metro station, a source close to the investigation said Friday.

Mumbai police have arrested two Chinese nationals for allegedly stealing a diamond worth Rs 34 lakh from an exhibition centre in suburban Goregaon.

Six persons were arrested after police thwarted a gang's plan to loot diamond and gold traders in suburban Matunga in Mumbai, a senior official said today.

Diamonds are forever (as are any jewels, really), which is why they have been endlessly pursued by Bollywood scriptwriters over the decades. Jewel robberies have formed the crux of many a filmy plotline and leading actors of Bollywood have escaped with a haul of precious loot. Happy New Year is the latest of these plunder stories. Here are some scr...

A businessman and his friend who were carrying diamond jewellery worth over Rs.1 crore were robbed by three armed men here, police said on Thursday.

Four employees of a security agency, carrying a consignment of gold and diamonds worth crores of rupees from Gujarat to Mumbai were allegedly abducted and robbed by four unidentified men in suburban Borivali, police said today.

Gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs.12.25 crore, the assessment of which was completed on Wednesday, was stolen in a daring break-in from a shop, police officials said.

A diamond broker's employee allegedly stole diamonds worth about Rs 85 lakh from his office locker in suburban Bandra, police said today.

A lone man wearing gloves, a cap, and a scarf to mask his face sneaked into a diamond show in a luxury Cannes hotel and made off with some $136 million of loot, a French state prosecutor said today - more than twice the initial estimated take from the weekend hold-up.

Police have detained 31 people over the heist of $50 million in diamonds in February - one of the biggest jewellery robberies in history - after coordinated raids in Belgium, France and Switzerland, Belgian prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Machine-gun toting robbers disguised as cops made off with $50 million worth of diamonds in a spectacular heist on the tarmac at Brussels airport, prosecutors and dealers said on Tuesday.

A broad daylight robbery attempt was on Thursday foiled by alert people who caught one of the five armed robbers after they looted Rs 3 lakh in cash from a courier firm dealing in gold and diamonds and opened fire while escaping in south Mumbai, police said.