Overview
- Police say six suspects wearing motorcycle helmets rammed into the Bucherer Rolex Boutique near Harrods around 10:53 a.m. on January 20 and threatened staff with weapons including machetes.
- A moped was used to force entry, a stolen moped was left inside the store, and the offenders fled on four mopeds with high‑value watches; no injuries or arrests were reported.
- The Met’s Flying Squad established a crime scene, is reviewing internal and external CCTV, and is appealing for witnesses and footage quoting reference 2313/20Jan.
- In a separate December 4 burglary in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, five masked men armed with a sledgehammer and a pickaxe assaulted a homeowner and stole nearly £1 million in luxury watches and designer handbags.
- Nottinghamshire Police are tracing movements of a grey hatchback on false plates believed to have travelled through Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire, as Crimestoppers offers up to £7,500 for anonymous information leading to conviction.