Chopard's shop is located in the upmarket Place Vendome, just steps from the French Justice Ministry
PARIS -- A lone man carrying a gun stole between €6 million ($8.5 million) and €6.5 million worth of jewels Saturday afternoon from the Chopard jewelry store in Place Vendome, police and a police union official said.
The value of the heist was estimated at £10 millionNo one was reported injured in the robbery.
Police said the operation was carried out by one man. Olivier Lebon, an investigations officer with the Alliance police union, said a man in his 50s wearing a suit walked into the boutique in the afternoon, threatened employees with a gun and, minutes later, walked calmly out of the store with his loot.
It wasn't immediately known whether he had an accomplice outside the store or waiting elsewhere.
Numerous jewelers, as well as France's Justice Ministry, are located on the elegant Place Vendome.
The estimated value of the stolen jewels is far below the €80 million in watches and jewels stolen from the Harry Winston shop in Paris in December 2008.
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