Five accused of being part of 'Pink Panther' gang of jewel thieves
Five people have been arrested in Barcelona on suspicion of being members of the notorious "Pink Panther" gang of jewel thieves.
Police made the arrests as the five allegedly made their getaway after robbing a jeweller's on an up-market shopping street in the city.
All five were of Serbian origin.
Police say it took the thieves less than a minute to rob the store of jewels worth €400,000 before officers caught them.
The arrests came after German police tipped their Spanish counterparts off that one of the thieves was travelling from Belgrade to Barcelona.
According to Interpol, the Pink Panther gang stole €334m in jewels during 380 armed robberies between 1999 and 2015.
