Pink Panther jewel thief arrested in France
- 11 years ago
Originally published on August 22, 2013
A suspected member of the 'Pink Panther' gang of jewel thieves was arrested by police in southern France. The man, a 47-year-old French citizen of Montenegrin origin was believed to be one of the five inmates who escaped from a Swiss prison three months ago.
It was reported that during the dawn sweep on August 19, nearly 20 armed police detained Zoran Tomovic, when he tried to flee through a window in the home of an acquaintance in the Provence town of Bédarrides. Tomovic reportedly had been living in the house for several weeks before his arrest.
According to Reuters, the Pink Panther gang has built up a reputation over several years of spectacular heists targeting high-end jewellery stores in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the United States. The group earned its nickname after a robbery in 2003 in London when a gang member hid a diamond in a pot of beauty cream, which is just like the plot of one of the "The Pink Panther" comedy detective films, a series that began in the 1960s.
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A suspected member of the 'Pink Panther' gang of jewel thieves was arrested by police in southern France. The man, a 47-year-old French citizen of Montenegrin origin was believed to be one of the five inmates who escaped from a Swiss prison three months ago.
It was reported that during the dawn sweep on August 19, nearly 20 armed police detained Zoran Tomovic, when he tried to flee through a window in the home of an acquaintance in the Provence town of Bédarrides. Tomovic reportedly had been living in the house for several weeks before his arrest.
According to Reuters, the Pink Panther gang has built up a reputation over several years of spectacular heists targeting high-end jewellery stores in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the United States. The group earned its nickname after a robbery in 2003 in London when a gang member hid a diamond in a pot of beauty cream, which is just like the plot of one of the "The Pink Panther" comedy detective films, a series that began in the 1960s.
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