Jewellery worth millions looted from Indian chain

Scotland Yard on Friday released CCTV footage and images of the raid at Joyalukkas jewellers on Green Street in east London. Burglars smashed a hole in the wall of the shop and crawled inside to steal Indian-style gold and diamond necklaces, bracelets, pendants and earrings. "This was a meticulously planned and audacious raid on a jewellery shop with 1.8 million pounds of items stolen," said Detective Chief Inspector Andy Pallett from the Met Police's Newham CID (Criminal Investigation Department)."While we think it only took the suspects around 20 minutes to make the hole, it must have been noisy work and we would appeal for anyone who heard or saw anything suspicious to contact us," Pallett said. Several men were hanging around the area for a number of hours before the raid. "

If you have any information no matter how small, please come forward," he said in his appeal relating to the robbery reported to police on July 10. Joyalukkas, which has its registered office in Kerala, is one of several jewellery shops selling Indian-style gold and diamond jewellery in the Green Street area of east London. The incident was reported to police after shop staff arrived at work to discover the store in disarray on July 10.The raid is believed to have taken place in the very early hours of that morning.

Eight suspects are believed to have been involved, with three entering the shop and the rest acting as lookouts.