Thieves steal $2 million jewelry in under 2 minutes in Seattle heist

Videos from the West Seattle store surveillance camera shows four suspects with their masks on, entering the shop after shattering the glass front door with hammers and ransacking the display cases.

By: Express Web Desk

August 17, 2025 09:41 AM IST

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Workers inside the store were threatened by a masked worker with bear spray and a Taser, however, no one was injured, police said. (Photo: X/ @news_az)

In a major heist that took place at a jewelry store in US’ Seattle, thieves smashed and grabbed about $2 million worth of diamonds, gold, luxury watches and other items in a daring midday robbery that took place in under two minutes, police said on Friday.

Videos from the West Seattle store surveillance camera shows four suspects with their masks on, entering the shop after shattering the glass front door with hammers and then ransacking the display cases, while stealing all the available and visible jewelry and other luxury items on Thursday.

Some of the expensive items which were stolen by the suspects include Rolex watches worth $750,000 held in one of the displays and another display had an emerald necklace valued at $125,000, police said in a statement.

Workers inside the store were threatened by a masked worker with bear spray and a Taser, however, no one was injured, police said.

“We’re pretty shook up as a staff. We’re gonna be closed for a while,” said Josh Menashe, vice president of the family-owned store on Friday, Associated Press reported.

Menashe said workers finished the cleaning up of the broken glass from the door and the display and were working on assessing the losses on a full inventory.

The Seattle police said that they responded to the calls of a robbery at the jewelry store but the suspects had already escaped the store in a getaway car and eluded a search of the area.

(with inputs from Associated Press)

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