French nationals charged with multimillion-dollar burglary

Four French nationals allegedly broke into a Canberra home and stolen millions of dollars worth of jewellery and watches.

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00:00Earlier in October this year we had a residence in Canberra subject of a

00:03targeted burglary. A lot of high-end items were stolen. The value of these

00:07items runs into the millions of dollars. This is a really unique incident. It's

00:12probably akin to something we might see in a movie where we have four people

00:16fly into Australia from another country from the other side of the world. They

00:20target houses and items worth millions of dollars. Quite professional in their

00:24approach, take a lot of steps to evade detection and capture. Among some of the

00:29unique items stolen include Patek Philip watches, Hermes rings, a Van Cleef

00:34necklace and a Richard Mill smiley watch. We have recovered some of those items. We

00:40did that with New South Wales Police in Sydney but also using our reach into

00:45overseas policing with French authorities where search warrants were executed over

00:48there and we've recovered some stolen property there in France as well. Within

00:52four days of receiving the investigation offenders were identified, apprehended,

00:56search warrants executed and offenders extradited, brought to justice in the ACT.

01:00So great work by the detectives here from ACT policing. They've done an outstanding job.

01:05Anyone with information about these items is encouraged to speak to police, attend a

01:09police station or we can do so anonymously via Crime Stoppers on their website or

01:13phoning at 1800 333 000.

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