Jewellery Theft

Indians Owning Expensive Jewellery Being Targeted By Thieves In US

Indians Abroad | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday October 12, 2018

Thieves in the US are targeting Indian Americans who possess expensive jewellery, police said. The thieves are also reportedly looking at online records to identify businesses owned by the Indian Americans and are likely pawning the jewellery.

Stampede Victim's Jewellery Thieves In Mumbai Police's Sights

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 1, 2017

Visuals have emerged showing some people allegedly stealing ornaments from a victim of the stampede at a railway station here, prompting the Mumbai Police to launch a probe.

Caught On Camera: Robbers Try To Smash Open Jewellery Counter, Fail Miserably

Offbeat | Sanya Jain | Thursday July 27, 2017

CCTV footage of a gang of four thieves, their faces concealed with bike helmets, attempting to break the display case of Kedai Emas Sri Alam jewellery store with hammers was shared by the store on July 25.

84 Kg Gold Allegedly Stolen From A Haryana Village Headman's House

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 1, 2017

Six masked persons allegedly stole 84 kg of gold jewellery worth Rs 2.5 crore and Rs 5 lakh in cash from the house of a former headman of Gadoli Kurd village in sector 10 in Gurgaon, the police said on Sunday.

Armed Robbers Hold Up Paris Jewellers In Broad Daylight

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday March 1, 2016

Two robbers armed with a gun and grenade stormed one of Paris' best known jewellers on Tuesday in the latest brazen daylight strike on luxury boutiques in the French capital.

Delhi: Domestic Help Arrested for Alleged Rs 10 Lakh Jewellery Theft

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 23, 2014

A domestic help has been arrested for alleged theft of diamond jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh from a house in Punjabi Bagh area in Delhi four days ago.

Thane: Four held for allegedly buying stolen jewellery; cash seized

Cities | Press Trust of India | Friday April 4, 2014

Four persons, including a father-son duo, were arrested for allegedly buying stolen gold jewellery and Rs 3.50 lakh cash and ornaments worth Rs 6,17,500 were seized from them, police said today.

Burglar runs out of luck after 120 break-ins, arrested in Puducherry

South | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 23, 2014

A 54-year old man, allegedly involved in 120 burglaries in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, was today arrested in Karaikal, Puducherry after being caught by the owner of a house while attempting a break-in, police said.

Mumbai: Gold, cash worth Rs 2.41 crore stolen from jewellery store

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 11, 2013

Ten kilograms of gold ornaments and cash collectively valued at Rs 2.41 crore were allegedly stolen from a jewellery shop by a newly appointed servant in suburban Jogeshwari.

Employee flees with gold worth five lakh

Cities | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 13, 2012

An employee of a jewellery house was booked on Saturday for allegedly fleeing with gold jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh, police said in Rewari.

Youth arrested for stealing by hypnotising women

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 15, 2011

A youth was arrested in west Delhi for allegedly hypnotising women and stealing their jewellery, police said on Tuesday.The arrested has been identified as Hem Raj, a resident of Pandav Nagar, V Renganathan, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), said. The arrest came following investigations into incidents of women being fooled by a group of youths...

Gems stolen in Paris, found in drainpipe

World News | Doreen Carvajal, The New York Times | Thursday March 10, 2011

More than two years after men dressed in wigs and scarves struck the Harry Winston jewellery store in Paris's golden triangle of upscale shops, the police this week discovered a cache of sparkling diamonds from the theft in a far less glamorous place: a drainpipe in the northern suburbs of the city. They found one diamond ring the size of a child's...

Caught on CCTV, women rob jewellery

Jaipur News | NDTV Correspondent | Friday January 21, 2011

Three women have headed overnight to the top of Jaipur's most-wanted list.The police have published their photos in local newspapers, asking for information about them.The women have in the last two days robbed two fancy jewellery stores in Jaipur. They walk in to the shop together. While two of them engage with the salespersons, the third pretends...

Sena volunteer steals ring, caught on CCTV

Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Thursday January 20, 2011

Self-proclaimed politician, Deepak Ramgopal Bhaise, stole a high-valued ring from a jewellery store in Tilak Nagar and was recognized by the police by the poster he had put up in Shivaji Nagar featuring him.He's a volunteer for the Shiv Sena's Shikshak Kamgar Sena. The police saw the CCTV footage of the theft and the poster he had put up in Shivaji...

He hid behind jewellery counter for 12 hrs with booty

Cities | mid-day.com | Friday October 29, 2010

Two Shoppers Stop employees in Mumbai were held for robbing jewellery worth Rs 61 lakh from the Popley and Sons jewellers counter in the showroom at Inorbit Mall, Malad.The main accused, who robbed the booty, has been identified as Anwar Iqbal Kasim Shaikh (28). A resident of Nalasopara, he had been a supervisor at the perfume counter for the past ...