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SHATTERED GLASS is swept away in the aftermath of a jewelry theft Monday in West Vancouver. Three men
wearing nylon stockings over their heads robbed the Park Royal Birks Jewellers store. One man armed with a
handgun stood guard while two suspecis smashed a glass case and removed jewelry. The robbery came just
days after the armed robbery of a jewelry store in North Vancouver.

North Shore malls hit with two
jewel robberies in three days

WEST VANCOUVER Police and North Vancouver RCMP
robbery investigators are scrambling for leads following
major smash-und-grab jewelry heists on the North

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Shore.

At about 11:28 a.m. on Muon-
day. three men wearing nylon
stockings over their heads walkec
into othe Birks Jewellers store
located in Park Royal South.

Two suspects then smashed a
glass display case with hammers
and removed an_ undisclosed
quantity of jewelry (expensive
watches).

The third man, armed with a
handgun, stood watch af the en-
trance of the store.

The three got late

away in a

Sais ER REE a

By Michael Becker
News Reporter

mode! white vehicle driven by a
fourth suspect. All are believed to
be in their teens o1 carly twenties.
Police traced the car's ficettce
plate number and found that whe
sehicle had heen stolen earlier in
Vancouver. The car was subse-
quently recovered after it was
abandoned on Bowser Avenue in

ot arate

North Vancouver,

When contacted By the News,
an emplovee of the West Van-
couser jewelry store said that stalt
nad been ordered mot to discuss
the robbery.

Meanwhile, North Vancouver
RCMP investigators are attempt
ing fo piece together eye-witness
accounty of Friday afternoon's
armed robbery of lLugare
Jewellers at Capilano Mall.

Four people were injured when
a gunman armed with a shotgun

blasted Gea shots into the busy
fast food area of the mai.
Sait North Vancouver RCMP

NEWS photo Neil Lucente

WEST VANCOUVER Police Const. Jeff Wright searches the
trunk of car at a Lions Gate Bridge roadblock on Friday after-
noon. Thieves nabbed approximately $500,000 worth of gems
from Lugaro Jewellers in Cap Mall.