Masked thieves reportedly broke into a minivan used to transport actress Florence Pugh and her family from a premiere of her new Marvel movie Thunderbolts*.
Raiders on a motorbike smashed windows and stole a laptop and phone from one of the five Mercedes vehicles.
Pugh, 29, was supported by grandmother Pat and Peaky Blinders boyfriend Finn Cole at Cineworld Leicester Square for the glitzy event.
Following the film’s screening, chauffeurs took the star to 180 Strand for an afterparty to celebrate with co-stars including David Harbour and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
However, The Sun reports the fleet of minivans that Florence used to transport her and her family were later targeted by balaclava-clad criminals.
An onlooker told the publication: “Florence and her family and friends pulled up in five Mercedes vans to the after-party. Not long after they’d gone inside, a motorbike with two blokes in balaclavas pulled up and they smashed out a side window of one of the vans.
“The chauffeurs who were driving the vans didn’t have a chance to do anything, it all happened so quickly. They got inside and made off with a laptop and a mobile phone from the middle seats.
“Luckily, Florence and her friends and family, including her gran, were inside and weren’t affected but it was still shocking.”
The Metropolitan Police said: “A 35-year-old man reported his car had been broken into overnight on Tuesday, April 22, with a phone and laptop allegedly stolen from inside.
“No arrests have been made yet.”
Pugh plays assassin Yelena Belova in Thunderbolts* released in UK cinemas from May 2.
The film also stars Sebastian Stan as Bucky, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster, and Wyatt Russell as John.
