Khaberni - Thieves in northern France managed to steal jewelry worth up to $1.2 million, according to the police today, nearly a month after the famous Louvre theft incident.
French media reports stated that the thieves broke into a jewelry store in the center of Roubaix near the city of Lille on Wednesday, where they briefly held the jeweler and his wife hostage before fleeing with the valuable jewelry.
The police estimated the value of the stolen jewelry between $580,000 and $1.2 million, announcing that they had begun investigating the crime.
In a separate incident on Wednesday, several individuals blew up a safe at the main post office in Roubaix and escaped with a bag that was inside it.
It was later revealed that the bag contained empty bags, while six individuals were arrested later that evening.
The two thefts occurred after a gang stormed the Louvre Museum in Paris in broad daylight last month, stealing jewelry estimated to be worth about $102 million.
