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Police officers basal extracurricular the Bulgari jewelry aft they apprehension 2 suspects pursuing a Bulgari jewelry heist connected the posh Place Vendome successful Paris, Tuesday, Sept.7, 2021. One of the suspects was changeable successful the limb by an serviceman earlier being arrested. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

PARIS – Police successful Paris arrested 2 suspects aft a Bulgari jewelry heist connected Tuesday astatine the posh Place Vendome. One fishy was changeable successful the limb by a serviceman earlier being arrested.

The Place Vendome is 1 of Paris' — and Europe's — astir costly and luxurious buying areas, a basal for prestigious establishments specified arsenic the Ritz Hotel, Cartier, Rolex, Chanel jewelry, arsenic good arsenic the Ministry of Justice. In its halfway sits the celebrated Column of Vendôme.

Police told The Associated Press they were alerted to an equipped robbery astir noon. Officers gave pursuit to a car with 3 suspects wrong aft seizing 2 scooters believed to person besides utilized successful the crime. The car was aboriginal recovered abandoned.

It’s unclear what the robbers were capable to instrumentality — if thing — from the decorator jewelry shop. Police could not corroborate French reports that millions successful jewels were taken.

Police detained 1 fishy successful the parking batch of the Les Halles buying halfway successful cardinal Paris. Police are inactive searching for a 3rd fishy and an probe has been launched into the equipped robbery.

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