PARIS, Sept 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man and a boy have been arrested in Paris with a haul of jewellery worth an estimated 10 million euros (about US$11,689,881), the prosecutor’s office said on Sunday.
The Parisien newspaper earlier reported that investigators had discovered items including a necklace estimated at five million euros and earrings worth two million in a sock hidden in the underpants of one of the suspects.
The haul also included a one-million-euro ring and a Rolex watch, the paper reported.
The prosecutor’s office said the case had been handed to a serious crime unit over suspicions the pair were hiding the proceeds of theft.
The pair, of Tunisian origin, were arrested at the Gare de Lyon rail station on Saturday, the prosecutor’s office said. — NNN-AGENCIES
