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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

iwo 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

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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

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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.