The search is on for a team of thieves who stole millions of
dollars in merchandise and cash after they tunneled into a downtown Los Angeles
jewelry store.
The owners of Love Jewels say they’re out millions of
dollars following the intricate break-in over the weekend. They suspect the
thieves took weeks to tunnel into their store, using the abandoned theater next
door to do so.
“They probably went in there every night, slowly dug it
until there was enough room for them to get in,” the store owner’s son, who
wished to conceal his identity, told NBC4.
The owners of Love Jewels say they’re out millions of
dollars following the intricate break-in over the weekend.
The owners believe it took the thieves hours to cut into
their safe.Google maps
Love Jewel is a family-run shop, and the owners believe
they’re at a loss of upwards of $20 million. Police would not confirm that
figure but they said they are investigating the crime.
“In the gold business, you reinvest everything so all our
money was what was in the safe,” the son said.
“They were able to disable the cameras, disable the alarm
and they were able to get into both the safes,” the son said. “They probably
had five, six hours in here.”
