Japan: €2.3m watches snatched in New Year heist

About 200 luxury watches worth 300 million yen (€2.3m) have been stolen from a jewellery shop in Tokyo’s exclusive Ginza district.

Sat, 02 Jan, 2010 - 11:57

About 200 luxury watches worth 300 million yen (€2.3m) have been stolen from a jewellery shop in Tokyo’s exclusive Ginza district.

Shinya Watanabe, a spokesman for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, said today investigators discovered a 40 to 50 centimetre hole in one of the store’s walls through which the watches are believed to have been removed.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Japan Place: Tokyo Place: Ginza Person: Shinya Watanabe Person: Watanabe Event: New Year Organisation: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Organisation: Tenshodo

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