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PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) – A Chaumet jewelry retailer near the Champs-Elysee avenue in central Paris was focused by an armed theft on Tuesday, the Paris prosecutors’ workplace stated, with nearly 2 million euros ($2.37 million) price of products stolen, in keeping with reviews.
Le Parisien newspaper stated a man arrived on the retailer on a stand-up scooter, and brandished a weapon inside the shop throughout opening hours within the late afternoon, earlier than fleeing once more on the two-wheeler.
The prosecutor’s workplace stated it had opened an investigation. It didn’t verify preliminary estimates of the loot.
Chaumet, one of many France’s oldest jewelry manufacturers and which is owned by luxurious items conglomerate LVMH LVMH.PA, couldn’t instantly be reached for remark. ($1 = 0.8450 euros)
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon and Mimosa Spencer, Writing by Sarah White)
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