Police arrest 32 people over jewel heist | Oddly Enough | Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - French police arrested 32 people and seized jewels on Sunday and Monday as part of an investigation into a spectacular heist in Paris last year.
A gang of four armed men, some disguised as women, raided the famous Harry Winston jeweler near the Champs Elysees in December, making off with some 85 million euros ($118 million) worth of jewelry.
Police said 26 people, including a security guard at the jewelry shop and several known gangsters, had been placed under investigation.
They are accused of having taken part in the raid or the preparations for it, or of having helped sell the jewels.
Police also confiscated hundreds of thousands of euros in cash and weapons. Media called the heist the most lucrative in French history.
The Harry Winston chain provided jewels to Richard Burton for his wife Elizabeth Taylor and shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis bought an engagement ring there for former U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
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