2 million euro theft at exclusive Paris jewellers

Two thieves rammed the front of the Casty jewellers near the Place Vendôme, in the early hours of Monday morning, before making off with a haul worth an estimated 2 million euros.

Casty jewellers, near Place Vendôme before the attack Screen grab/Google Street View

They set fire to the vehicle which had smashed the front of the jewellers, in the Rue Castiglione just off the Place Vendôme, and drove off in a second car.

Many of the most famous names in jewellery have their flagship stores in the Place Vendôme area of the French capital.

It is the latest in a spate of jewellery thefts in Paris and the Côte d’Azur.

Also last night, two men held up staff at a company which provides meals for France’s high speed TGV trains.

The brandished a Kalachnikov and an automatic pistol, and stole the weekend’s takings, estimated by sources close to the enquiry to be around 60,000 euros.

The thieves escaped on a scooter.