LILLE: Thieves in northern France stole jewellery worth up to US$1.2 million, police said on Saturday (Nov 15), after breaking into a boutique in the city of Roubaix earlier this week.
Police said the burglars broke into the central Roubaix shop on Wednesday and briefly held the jeweller and his wife hostage before escaping with valuables worth between 500,000 and one million euros (US$580,000 to US$1.2 million).
They have opened an investigation into kidnapping, organised crime and armed extortion.
Source: CNA
