4 in New York, stated that the pickup manifests signed by the jewelers reported a total of $8.7 million worth of merchandise in the 22 stolen bags. If the latter figure is accurate, it would be one of the largest jewelry thefts in modern history.īut Brink’s, in a federal lawsuit filed Aug. The heist nabbed a haul that’s been described by some as worth less than $10 million and others as roughly $100 million and the value is now the subject of two lawsuits filed this month.
While the second driver was getting food inside the rest stop early July 11 - spending nearly 30 minutes away from the vehicle - the thieves stole 22 bags of jewelry from the vehicle and fled.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - One of the drivers of a Brink’s tractor-trailer was asleep inside the big rig, parked near a remote Southern California rest stop earlier this summer, when thieves broke a lock and stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry and gemstones, according to a lawsuit filed by the security company.