Three thieves steal 9 bottles of wine valued at 111,000 euros in a retailer in Palafrugell

Three thieves stole this Sunday 9 bottles of wine valued at 111,000 euros on the headquarters of Vins and Licors Grau, in Palafrugell (Girona).

As NIUS has discovered, the occasions occurred at 1:00 p.m., when the shop was open to the general public. At that second, the thieves went upstairs and entered the wine cellar, the place they’ve essentially the most prestigious wines in a locked cupboard.

The authors pressured the safety glass with a suction cup and stole 9 bottles, price as much as 30,000 euros.

During this time, an worker heard noises, activated the burglar alarm and chased them by the wine bar. However, the robbers managed to leap over-the-counter, with the bottles saved of their backpacks, and crossed the road the place they’d a parked getaway car.

The wine firm has supplied the Mossos d’Esquadra with the car’s registration and the pictures from the video surveillance cameras, which immortalized the ‘modus operandi’ of the assailants.

The retailer employees themselves consider that the theft might have been “commissioned by a mafioso” as there are few wineries in Spain which have this unique choice. “Customers come from overseas to get the bottle they need.”

In reality, the vineyard forces you to purchase the field of the costliest bottle, valued at 30,000 euros, with one other 11 bottles at 5,000 euros every. Among the stolen bottles is a Romane Conti 2008, with an quantity of 29,950 euros, adopted by the Romani Conti 2013 that prices 25,659 euros.

They additionally received two 2015 La Tache for 12,699 euros every, a 2015 Richebourg valued at 8,812, a 2018 Exhezeaux that value 7,516 euros, a 2018 Romanee St. Vivant for 7,127, a 2016 Petrus for five,702 and a 2010 Chateau Margaux for 1. 179.

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