French investigators found many jewels valued at $25 million hidden in a Paris rain sewer, part of the spectacular 2008 heist from jeweller Harry Winston's Paris location. Nineteen rings and three sets of earring's (one pair valued at 19.5 million dollars) were dug up at the house of a working class suburb in Paris of Seine-Saint-Denis. The jewels were hidden in a plastic container set in a cement mould, put inside the sewer. The owners of the house were the nine people charged with the heist. The thieves dressed up in women's clothes with wigs and dresses and stole the jewels. The mastermind of the heist was sentenced to 15 year in prison because of the heist and drug trafficking, they also found $1.1 million dollars in cash as well as stolen jewels.I found this article very interesting. The way they stole the jewels fascinated me, because I know that Paris has a very complicated sewer system and for them to use it to hide their jewels was smart. I am not saying that I think theft is a cool thing but the way people do it interests me. They were able to steal millions of dollars and stow it away in the sewer and stayed without being caught for two years.
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