Watches worth 500,000 pounds stolen from Oxford Street shop

February 02, 2014 15:24

Three armed thieves stormed into a watch shop on Oxford Street, one of the busiest streets here at rush hour, taking with them designer watches worth an estimated 500,000 pounds.

Three men '" one with a handgun and the other two with hammers '" threatened staff at the Watches of Switzerland store on Oxford Street on Thursday evening, police said last night.

The looters destroyed a glass cabinet and grabbed a number watches worth an estimated half a million pounds before running away. No shots were fired and nobody was injured, with officers now appealing for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of the assailants.

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