ALICANTE JEWELRY ROBBERY BAGS 100,000 EUROS

An Alicante jeweler was robbed of gold and jewelry to the value of 100,000 euros at the weekend when thieves broke into his premises through and adjacent building.

Located in the district of Pla, the criminals dug their way into the jewelers through a hole from a storage room in a nearby bar. Once inside, they took their time to select only quality items which an initial estimate values at approaching 100,000 euros.

“The gold alone was worth about 60,000 euros,” said a spokeperson, “but they didn’t stop there. They’ve taken everything, including orders that we had and customer arrangements, silver and watches. It’s a total disaster,” she explained, in tears.

The criminals were able to break into a heavy safe where the jeweler kept her items of higher value with the use of a thermal lance.

The police confirmed that the theft appeared to be the work of professionals who they say knew the detail of the shop.

The premises closed at lunchtime on Saturday and did not reopen until Tuesday morning, during which time the break in was carried out. “No one heard anything. They had everything very well planned, “said the lady who runs the business with her husband. Indeed, it was the husband who discovered the break in when he arrived at the shop last Tuesday morning, located at number 6 Calle Felipe Herrero Arias.

“We have been running this shop for over 20 years,” he said. “The previous owners had the business for over 25 years and never in all that time has anything like this happened before.”

The National Police has now taken charge of the investigation, with the aim of identifying and apprehending the criminals. They suggested that the theft might have been made rather easier to carry out because of the ongoing roadworks in the street outside which might have covered over the sound of drilling being carried out inside the building.

A Scientific unit team visited the jeweler on Tuesday to gather possible information.

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