An armed robber in an old man's mask stole 3 million euros worth of valuables (7 photos + 1 video)
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6 June 2024
An unusual robbery took place in Monaco. A completely harmless old man walked into a jewelry store. Seven and a half minutes later he emerged with a luxury watch worth €3 million and fled with a driver on a scooter. 
The disguise was thought out to the smallest detail - the clothes, the pensioner’s cap, and even a special latex mask! There was no one in the store except a young saleswoman. The man, threatening the girl with a pistol, forced her to open the windows and give him an elite watch.
The robbery lasted seven and a half minutes. The robber calmly went out into the street with the loot and disappeared on a scooter along with his accomplice who was waiting for him.
A surveillance camera captured the robbery from start to finish. The footage shows the man initially using a cane while pretending to be an elderly man.
Then he goes to the cash register and takes a gun out of his bag, and the shocked saleswoman freezes in horror. He then forces her to fill her bag with expensive watches.
The robbery occurred on May 29. A week later, the police still have not found the robber.
The footage shows him ordering a saleswoman to empty the display cases while passers-by stop to gawk at the luxury watches. He diverts their attention by pretending to be a customer waiting to be shown a product, looking casual as he sits on a chair with his arm resting on the counter. Afterwards, he quickly clears out the store and then sprays the surfaces with some substance in an attempt to erase traces of his DNA.
Not a single shot was fired during the robbery; the girl was not injured, but was taken to the hospital in a state of shock.
A police officer told French newspaper Le Figaro: “These are definitely not amateurs. To carry out a robbery in broad daylight in Monaco, given the police presence on the scene and the general level of security, you need to be very well prepared.”
A representative of the Monaco watch company said: “As many already know, our beloved store was robbed. A masked man threatened our employee with a gun and forced her to empty the display cases. Fortunately, no one was hurt during this process, but the shock is very deep. Thank you for being with us and supporting us at such a moment.”
