South American students holidaying in Australia turn out to be jewel thieves

Sydney : Australia | Jul 30, 2012 at 7:19 PM PDT

By prabirghose

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Police are baffled at the spate of seven daring robberies to the tune of $3-million carried out on jewelry shops in and around Sydney.

They suspect a gang of five South Americans who are in Australia on student visas reportedly spending their summer holidays.

They have arrested one of the suspects and are trying to arrest the remaining.

This has been reported in dailytelegraph.com.au of dated 31st of July 2012.

It seems the gang kept flying in and out of Sydney and has apparently lifted jewelry of value of nearly $3-million from seven daring robberies.

They used to target traders who used to come from out of town to the jewelry shops to dispose off their goods and maintain close watch on their movements – they even followed their targets to their hotel rooms from where they stole the gems and jewelry.

One of their victims was from Melbourne and two were from Hong Kong

The gang used to dispatch the loot through various means out of Australia by using postal and courier services.

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Jewel thieves disguised as students making millions on their summer holidays | thetelegraph.com.au

Submitted By: prabirghose | 11 months ago

THEY flew in on student visas last summer on a mission to steal millions of dollars worth of jewels. In just five months, police believe a South American crime gang has netted $3 million from seven robberies.