Jewellry worth $9.3mn stolen from Paris store

A lone robber armed with a handgun on Saturday got away with jewellry worth around $9.3 million in a hold-up at the Chopard store in central Paris, police said.

The man, in his 50s, dressed in a suit and wearing a Borsalino-style hat passed himself off as a customer to get in through the security door before drawing his weapon, police spokesman Olivier Lebon told reporters.

He ordered staff to give him jewels from the window display. They did as they were told and the man got away on foot, the whole robbery having taken two minutes, said the police.

The Place Vendome hosts some of the world’s most prestigious jewellry shops.