Paris, 4 robbers disguised as women, snatch 85 million Euros Jewelry, Harry winston jewelry

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Paris, 4 robbers disguised as women, snatch 85 million Euros Jewelry, Harry winston jewelry by SOLARLIFE

Cash stripped thieves turn to old rob some juwels

Winston jewelry Champs-Elysees

Christmas presents on the fast Track. All time record high Jewel theft at Paris, Harry Winston jewelry store near the Champs-Elysees.

PARIS (AP) — Armed robbers — some disguised as women — snatched euro85 million ($108 million) worth of diamond rings, necklaces and luxury watches from a Harry Winston boutique on a posh Paris avenue in one of the largest jewel heists in history, officials said Friday.

The gang of three or four robbers threatened about 15 employees with handguns and hit some on the head before taking the jewels from display cases from the store near the Champs-Elysees, said a police official, who was not authorized to be publicly named under agency policy.

At least two of the bandits were men wearing wigs and women's clothes, the official said. The robbers also spoke a foreign language at times and appeared to know employees' names when they robbed the store before it closed early Thursday at the height of Christmas shopping season