Three people acting as customers yesterday made off with about $60,700 worth of jewelry from the store Joyería Leonardo Da Vinci on Avenida 1 in downtown San José.
The robbery occurred about 2:15 p.m., according to news portal Nacion.com, when the thieves walked into the store and asked owner Germán Benavides to create various items of jewelry. When Benavides began to prepare the design, the individuals pulled out a gun and ordered all six people in the shop to get down on the floor.
The thieves proceeded to tie everyone up.
Within 15 minutes, they had collected the majority of jewels in the shop, including several made of gold and other valuable materials.
After they fled, a customer managed to undo his knot and untied the rest of the people. |
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