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Value of stolen Cannes jewels soars to 100m euros
Source: BBC
29 July 2013 Last updated at 14:44 GMT
Value of stolen Cannes jewels soars to 100m euros
The value of jewels stolen in a dramatic theft in the French Riviera resort of Cannes has been raised to about 103m euros ($136m; £89m).
The figure was given by a French prosecutor. It would make the Carlton Hotel raid one of the biggest gem heists in Europe this century.
An armed man seized the gems from an exhibition of diamonds by the jeweller Leviev on Sunday morning.
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Value of stolen Cannes jewels soars to 100m euros
The value of jewels stolen in a dramatic theft in the French Riviera resort of Cannes has been raised to about 103m euros ($136m; £89m).
The figure was given by a French prosecutor. It would make the Carlton Hotel raid one of the biggest gem heists in Europe this century.
An armed man seized the gems from an exhibition of diamonds by the jeweller Leviev on Sunday morning.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23493159
