Thieves used drills to cut a hole through the wall of a San Juan Capistrano jewelry store, dismantled the security system and made off with a safe filled with up to $1 million in jewels, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Sometime between closing time Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday, thieves broke into the back door of a vacant shop adjacent to Mission Jewelers at 31878 Del Obispo St. and began to drill a hole in the shared wall, said sheriff\u2019s spokesman Jim Amormino. <\/p>\n
They abandoned that hole and started a new tunnel in a back room, possibly to avoid being seen by someone through a window, he said. <\/p>\n
The thieves \u2013 there were probably two, given the weight of the 1,000-pound safe, Amormino added \u2013 left through the back of the shop, dismantling a metal security door to do so. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no question it was very well planned,\u201d Amormino said. \u201cThey cut all the wires and took a security camera and most of the security surveillance.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nAuthorities did, however, manage to obtain some evidence at the scene, as well as surveillance from an unidentified source, he said. <\/p>\n
The investigation was continuing. <\/p>\n
— Amina Khan <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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