Cannes thief 'steals 40m euros of jewels' from hotel

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

An armed man has stolen jewels worth about 40m euros ($53m, £34m) in the French Riviera resort of Cannes, officials say.

They say the hold-up took place on Sunday morning at a jewellery exhibition at the Carlton Hotel.
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An exhibition of diamonds by the jeweller Leviev was being held in the lobby of the hotel, the BBC's Hugh Schofield reports.

Local media said the robber made off with the jewels in a briefcase. It is not yet known who the owner was.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23482705

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"The Carlton Hotel is where Alfred Hitchcock filmed To Catch A Thief - his 1955 film about a jewel thief operating in the French Riviera. "

[Berlum]

1. "There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is one of them." - Inspector Clouseau

[redwitch]

2. It was the Pink Panther.

Cue Henry Mancini music.

[malthaussen]

3. And here I thought Cary Grant was dead

[Berlum]

5. "Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant." - Cary Grant

[Demoiselle]

8. This is one of the smartest thing any movie star has ever said.

And I hope that if a studio PR person came up with it, he/she got a huge raise...

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Closely followed by the apparent telegram exchange

Sent by a reporter to Cary Grant (possibly meant to go to his publicist):

"How old Cary Grant?"

Reply from Grant:

"Old Cary Grant fine. How you?"

[Demoiselle]

17. YES. I love that story, too!

[malthaussen]

10. Another cute Cary Grant story:

Seems some beautiful people were having an invitation-only party one time, and Cary was invited. So he's standing in the queue to get in, and when he gets to the guardian of the gates he says, "I'm sorry, I forgot my invitation."
"Oh yeah?" sez the rent-a-cop, "who are you?"
"Cary Grant."
The rent-a-cop squints, then sez "You don't look like Cary Grant," to which Cary replies
"I know, no one does."

-- Mal

[msanthrope]

7. Beat me to it! nt

[heaven05]

4. oh well

don't really feel sorry for the loss to these people. Insurance will cover it. Big theft, but who really cares with all the strife and misery in the world.

[Octafish]

6. Pink Panther gang just busted out of jail.

Kid you not.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. CAAAANES!!!!!!!

[pinboy3niner]

14. *SNORT*

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

18. You know you thought about too

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[Wolf Frankula]

12. I do not know who is investigating this

but I would feel much more hopeful if Inspector Clouseau were on the case.

Wolf

[htuttle]

13. Hmm....

From Saturday:

The 'Pink Panther' Gang Is Breaking Its Members Out of Prison

Members of an international network of jewel thieves with a flair for the dramatic staged an assault on a Swiss prison to liberate two members being held inside that was straight from the opening scene of an action movie.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/07/pink-panther-gang-breaking-its-members-out-prison/67687/

[closeupready]

19. Yes, thank you - was just thinking about the same story.

Considering the guy they broke out of the prison had only six months left to serve, the timing here is ... interesting, to say the least, lol.

[pinboy3niner]

15. If this keeps up, they'll have to create a new Cannes Prize

The Pink Panther Award?

[Eugene]

16. 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.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23493159

[4Q2u2]

20. Is it bad form?

To root for the thiefs in this instance. That is until the insurance companies hit us witht the bill.