Diamond heist!

I have always loved "capers" like "A Fish Called Wanda" and "Oceans Eleven," so today's Louvre news is right up my alley ;) Found on AOL News.


Updated: 02:42 PM EDT
Huge Diamond Heist at Louvre
Gems Worth More Than $13 Million

PARIS (Sept. 27) - Two diamonds together worth over 11 million euros ($13.53 million) disappeared from an antique dealers' show at Paris's Louvre museum on Monday in an apparent robbery while the person manning the stand was absent.
Police said a glass case holding the jewels was forced open in mid-afternoon during the show. One was a white diamond of 47 carats estimated at 6 million euros and the other a blue diamond of 15.74 carats worth 5.5 million.
"There was neither any alarm system nor any surveillance camera," a police spokesman said. The employee of the jewelry shop displaying the diamonds was apparently absent for about 15 minutes, he said.
The diamonds were on show in a hall in the underground shopping arcade at the Louvre, outside the museum's art galleries.
09/27/04 14:31 ET
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