French police arrested a traveller at a Paris train station who had hidden numerous items of luxury jewellery worth 10 million euros (11.7 million dollars) in his underwear.
Investigations into gang-related handling of stolen goods have been launched against the man and an accomplice who was also detained.
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The Paris prosecutor’s office announced this on Monday.
The men were also found to be carrying an angle grinder in a suitcase.
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According to the newspaper Le Parisien, citing investigators, the men were already known to the authorities.
They were stopped during a routine check at the Gare de Lyon long-distance train station after the arrival of a train.
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During the inspection, officers discovered that one of the men had concealed a sock in his underwear containing a luxury watch and numerous pieces of jewellery.
The haul also included a necklace valued at an estimated 5 million euros, earrings worth over 2 million euros, and a ring worth 1 million euros.
(dpa/NAN)
