Suspect had no stolen valuables on him: reports
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/11/08
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Turkish police intercepted a Colombian man suspected of
Police issued pictures of the 11 suspects in Monday’s jewelry heist. (By Central News Agency)
forming part of an 11-member international gang which made off with NT$200 million (US$6.6 million) from a jewelry fair in Taiwan, reports said Wednesday.
On Monday night, as the 2017 Taiwan Jewellery and Gem Fair in Taipei was closing down, a group now believed to have numbered 11 members stole a bag containing a sapphire brooch, three loose diamonds and three jade rings.
Initially, the suspects were believed to hail from South Asia or the Middle East, but police announced Wednesday most of the group came from Colombia and Mexico. At least five had been confirmed as having left Taiwan the same day as the theft, the Central News Agency reported. [FULL STORY]
