Mall Floor "Strewn with Diamonds" after Raid
April 25, 23
(IDEX Online) - Diamonds were strewn across the floor of a shopping mall, when a raider was grabbed by security guards outside a jewelry store in New Zealand.
He was one of six masked robbers, armed with hammers and knives, who smashed glass cabinets at Michael Hill Jeweller, in Chartwell Shopping Centre, Hamilton. The other five escaped.
The New Zealand Herald newspaper reports that "the shopping centre floor was strewn with thousands of dollars worth of diamonds as offenders stormed in and smashed glass cases and cabinets."
Police said they'd taken one person into custody and charges were being considered.
Video grab shows one of the raiders fleeing