Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This is a robbery that shocked the world.
Berry's Jewellers in Newcastle's Grey Street was targeted in a brazen, 31-second "smash-and-grab" by an Estonian organised crime gang in 2012, netting £250,000 in designer watches, with gang members using guns and hammers to threaten staff before fleeing by budget airline and being tracked by DNA and phone data leading to their eventual jailing. The raid was part of a wider European operation, leading to major DNA data sharing initiatives and convictions for multiple gang members involved in similar high-end jewellery store robberies across the UK and Europe.
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This is a robbery that shocked the world.
Berry's Jewellers in Newcastle's Grey Street was targeted in a brazen, 31-second "smash-and-grab" by an Estonian organised crime gang in 2012, netting £250,000 in designer watches, with gang members using guns and hammers to threaten staff before fleeing by budget airline and being tracked by DNA and phone data leading to their eventual jailing. The raid was part of a wider European operation, leading to major DNA data sharing initiatives and convictions for multiple gang members involved in similar high-end jewellery store robberies across the UK and Europe.
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