$1M worth of jewels stolen from Cannes hotel, police source tells Reuters

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May 17, 2013, 04:30 PM
Sebastien Nogier / EPAFrench police officers stand guard Friday outside the Cannes hotel that was targeted.By Matthias Galante and Brian Love, ReutersCANNES, France - More than $1 million worth of jewels due to be lent to movie stars at the Cannes film festival were stolen from a hotel room in the French Riviera town, a police source said.

The jewels were in the safe of the room rented by an employee of Chopard, a luxury jeweler, the source said on condition of anonymity.

The incident at the hotel in central Cannes took place either late Thursday or early Friday as the festival got under way, drawing thousands of movie stars, film industry executives and journalists to the fabled resort.

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