MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A pair of thieves were caught on surveillance video early Monday morning inside a South Florida jewelry store. While they tried to conceal their faces, they couldn’t hide their bold actions.
The crooks carelessly shoved items to the floor and went right for a large safe with pricey valuables inside.
“We figure it’s around a million dollars, it could hit a million or a little more,” said C4G Jewelers employee Adrianna Prieto.
Prieto and several co-workers were cleaning up the mess left behind at their business, located at 7580 NW 186th St. in Miami-Dade County’s Country Club area, after a gaping hole was left through the front.
In the video timestamped at around 6:35 a.m. Monday, the thieves can be seen using some sort of steel cable attached to a hook.
Local 10 News learned the hook and cable came from a stolen tow truck that was parked right outside.
Once the safe was attached to the hook, it was yanked outside for what appeared to be a clean getaway.
It’s clear even to detectives that the major heist had been a planned operation, considering the crooks bypassed the alarm system.
“It looks like they brought a device to cut off the signals of the cellphones,” said Prieto. “Right now, nobody has a signal in there and that’s why the alarm didn’t go off. They turned off the alarm like that.”
Police were eventually able to catch up with the crooks thanks to GPS technology. Officers arrested two men, ages 49 and 37, at a warehouse in Hialeah Gardens. Officers said they are still seeking two people who were last seen fleeing when they approached the warehouse.
The identities of the suspects have yet to be revealed by authorities.