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Hotel employee arrested for jewelry theft worth thousands of euros in Crete
🇬🇷 Greece /Crime & Justice

Hotel employee arrested for jewelry theft worth thousands of euros in Crete

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Police in Rethymno, Crete, arrested a 24-year-old woman suspected of stealing jewelry from hotel rooms.
  • The suspect, who worked at a hotel, allegedly stole jewelry valued at approximately 10,000 euros from one guest.
  • Investigators believe she used the same method on June 16 to steal jewelry worth about 28,000 euros from another guest. Some stolen items were recovered from her home.

Authorities in Rethymno, Crete, have arrested a 24-year-old woman accused of stealing valuable jewelry from hotel rooms. The arrests followed the resolution of two separate cases of jewelry theft from hotel accommodations.

According to the police investigation, the suspect, who was employed at a hotel, allegedly stole jewelry totaling approximately 10,000 euros from a room occupied by a foreign guest. Further investigation revealed that the same individual is suspected of employing a similar tactic on June 16. On that occasion, she allegedly stole jewelry valued at around 28,000 euros from another foreign guest's room.

During a search of the suspect's residence, police recovered a portion of the stolen jewelry. Additionally, a large number of other jewelry items were found, the origins of which are currently under investigation by the authorities. The 24-year-old woman was taken into custody, and the preliminary investigation is ongoing, led by the Rethymno Department for the Prosecution and Investigation of Crimes.

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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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