Burglars Steal $15Million From Saudi Princess
Burglars made off with jewels and cash worth 11 million euros (15.6 million dollars) from the hotel room of a Saudi princess in Sardinia that sparked a diplomatic incident.
The thieves used a master key without making any noise, they managed to remove the safe from a suite occupied by the Saudi princess.The safe was only fixed with silicon to the wall into which it was embedded.
After the incident a military from Saudi Embassy in Sardinia and the Italian secret services and diplomats from both countries have been involved.
Before the incident there is also a Morrocan business who was victim of burgled in another luxury hotel on the Costa Smeralda, the most chic resort area on the island, where Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi also owns a luxury villa.
Using a similar technique, thieves pulled the safe out of the wall and got away with around 150,000 euros worth of jewels and money.
Both burglaries were carried out this week. The two hotels belong to the same chain, Iti Hotels.
Investigators suspect they were the work of an expert gang, probably from abroad, helped by someone with inside knowledge, who had worked in both establishments.
A third burglary was carried out in a hotel in Portofino, on Italy's northwest coast, where a German businessman had the safe stolen from his room, containing a million euros worth of jewellery and 3,000 in cash.
Source: France24.com
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