Robbers Steal $1million Worth Of Diamonds in Cannes Film Festival

British model Cara Delevingne flaunts a diamond Chopard ring at the opening ceremony of Cannes Film Festival

 

 

$1 million worth of diamonds intended to be loaned out to celebrities for red carpet appearances at the ongoing 66th Cannes Film Festival in Paris, France have been stolen during the night of Thursday, May 16.
The diamonds were taken from a Chopard employee's room in the Novotel Hotel on the city's boulevard Carnot.
AFP reports that a source claims a safe containing the jewellery was unsealed and taken by the robbers.

This makes it the 15th consecutive year that the privately held Swiss-based jewellery house is the official partner to the annual film festival holding in Paris, France. The house loans out its dazzling jewels to dozens of celebrity guests in attendance. On the opening night of the festival alone its creations were sported by Julianne Moore, Cara Delevingne, Lana Del Rey, Freida Pinto and Cindy Crawford.

In 2009, the Cartier boutique in Cannes was robbed of over $21 million worth of jewels in a heist led by robbers wearing Hawaiian shirts.

[Telegraph]