Thieves in northern France have made off with jewellery worth up to €1 million, police said on Saturday.
Issued on: 15/11/2025 - RFI
For the second time in a month, thieves succeeded in a major heist
in France. 15 November 2025. © Ludovic Marin / AP
The burglars reportedly broke into a jewellery boutique in central Roubaix, near Lille, on Wednesday, and briefly took the jeweller and his wife hostage before making off with the valuables.
The jewels were worth "between €500,000 and €1 million, police said.
They have launched an investigation into kidnapping, organised crime and armed extorsion.
In a separate incident earlier on Wednesday, several individuals blew up a cash transfer safe belonging to Roubaix's main post office and escaped with the bag that was inside it.
The burglars reportedly broke into a jewellery boutique in central Roubaix, near Lille, on Wednesday, and briefly took the jeweller and his wife hostage before making off with the valuables.
The jewels were worth "between €500,000 and €1 million, police said.
They have launched an investigation into kidnapping, organised crime and armed extorsion.
In a separate incident earlier on Wednesday, several individuals blew up a cash transfer safe belonging to Roubaix's main post office and escaped with the bag that was inside it.
A French forensic policewoman inspects the facade of a "La Poste" office, the mail service group of France, in Roubaix on November 12, 2025 following a robbery, local media reported. AFP - SAMEER AL-DOUMY
It later transpired that the bag contained nothing other than more empty bags. Six people were arrested that evening.
The heists come after a gang raided the Louvre museum in Paris in broad daylight last month, stealing jewellery worth an estimated €100 million.
(With newswires)
It later transpired that the bag contained nothing other than more empty bags. Six people were arrested that evening.
The heists come after a gang raided the Louvre museum in Paris in broad daylight last month, stealing jewellery worth an estimated €100 million.
(With newswires)
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