The thieves got away with €4 million in jewelry from the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder
Thieves have stolen around €4 million worth of jewelry from the Lalique Museum in northeastern France, despite the site reportedly being under “special attention” following last year’s brazen Louvre heist.
The break-in took place at around 5:30am on Sunday at the museum in Wingen-sur-Moder, a village in the Bas-Rhin department near the German border. Several masked individuals forced open a door and smashed six display cases before fleeing with around 20 pieces of jewelry.
The damage is still being assessed, but one source close to the investigation said the loss could be “close to four million” euros, AFP reported. The stolen items were made of crystal and contained no precious stones, meaning they cannot be melted down.
The mayor of Wingen-sur-Moder suggested the thieves may have been “well informed,” as they immediately targeted the jewelry. The mayor told regional newspaper DNA that “all the alarms went off as they should,” but claimed the security company failed to immediately alert the gendarmes. According to Le Parisien, a cleaner who arrived at the site was the first to call law enforcement.
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