Chopard jewels worth $1 million stolen at Cannes

May 17 2013 15:21:46

Chopard jewels worth $1 million stolen at Cannes

CANNES, France - Agence France-Presse

A set of jewels, new pieces of the 'Green Carpet Collection', is presented by luxury brand Chopard during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Jewellery worth more than one million dollars made by Swiss luxury watchmaker and jeweller Chopard and due to be loaned to stars walking the red carpet at the Cannes film festival were stolen from a hotel, police said Friday.

Thieves broke into the room of a Chopard employee, opened a safe and made off with the jewels, they said. The robbery took place at the Novotel hotel in the centre of Cannes.

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