Jewellery thieves bust through walls of adjacent businesses in Calgary heist

Police are looking for suspects after cash and expensive jewellery was stolen during a break-in last week in northeast Calgary.

One or more culprits entered a Monterey Park business at 2220 68th Street N.E. on Oct. 12 sometime between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., police said in a release.

The thieves then broke through the walls of two adjacent businesses to get inside Sophia Jewellery & Diamonds.

An undisclosed stash of jewellery and cash was stolen.

Several other businesses in the building were also damaged and burglarized, police said.

People looking to purchase second-hand jewellery are asked to be on the lookout for the stolen merchandise.

Anyone with information about the break-in is asked to call police or contact Crime Stoppers.

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