Hi-tech dye will mark diamond thieves for months

DIAMOND thieves soaked with a DNA-like spray during a £150,000 (€224,313) heist will be stained for months, they were warned yesterday.

Hi-tech dye will mark diamond thieves for months

The armed robbers were covered with a state-of-the-art security mist as they seized 60 platinum rings studded with gems from a Belfast shop.

As detectives hunted the gang behind the lightning-quick raid, it emerged the chemically-enhanced liquid used to coat them has a 100% conviction rate.

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