Thief snatches €270,000 haul

A handbag and contents worth hundreds of thousands was taken from a guest at a Paris hotel

A WEALTHY Chinese woman had a handbag and contents worth €270,000 snatched.

Le Parisien reports the businesswoman was leaving her hotel in rue Castiglione in Paris’s 1st arrondissement and had placed the bag on her luggage. A few minutes later she noticed it had gone.

The bag itself was reportedly worth €10,000 and it contained three luxury watches, one of which was worth €200,000, cash and various other valuables.

The Paris police judiciaire are investigating.

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