$1.5 million in diamonds stolen
It was an up-market bathroom break for a Newport diamond broker Thursday,
Peter Kaplan, 64, was robbed of $1.5 million value of diamonds in New Mexico Thursday as he and his wife made a short restroom rest at a drug store.
Kaplan, who has an office listed in Morehead Diocese, was in Albuquerque, N.M., with his wife making sales calls when the thievery occurred.
According to Detective Vicente Alvarado of the Albuquerque Enforce Department, the Kaplans stopped at Walgreens at about 10 a.m. Thursday when someone smashed the back window of their rented 2009 Chevy Impala and took the holdall with all the diamonds.
“There were 150 loose stones, colored diamonds, several pairs of earrings and rings and pendent bracelets. It totaled up to about $1.5 million,” Alvarado said.
Alvarado said Kaplan reported that the least priceless item was $2,500 and the most expensive was $100,000. Alvarado said he was serendipitous if the diamonds were insured.
The Kaplans were staying at the Ramada Inn and were on their way to make a call at a jewelry set aside when the theft occurred, according to Alvarado.
There were no eyewitnesses to the violation and the exterior surveillance camera at the pharmacy was not functioning well at the time of the theft. Alvarado said he did not believe the malfunction was part of the plan to steal the diamonds.
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