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Photos: Foreigners Captured After Car Smash & Grab at Louis Vuitton Store in Budapest

• 17 Apr 2024 5:51 AM
• Hungary Around the Clock

Police on Tuesday announced the capture of two foreign men suspected of burglarising the Louis Vuitton store on Andrássy út and stealing tens of millions of forints worth of bags, sunglasses and a belt, early Monday morning.

Video available here

The two suspects – a 56-year-old man from Montenegro, and a Croatian national of the same age – drove their car into the shop window at around 2.30 a.m. and stole the luxury items through the broken glass.


Police identified them within 12 hours and caught them in the Seventh District on Monday evening, along with most of the stolen goods.



Photo courtesy: Police.hu/ BRFK

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