Four masked men broke into an Indian jewelry store, 9Lakha, on Oak Tree Road in New Jersey and looted valuables worth $1 million in under 1 minute. Surveillance video showed an SUV stopped in front of the store and four masked men ran inside. They smashed the display cases with sledgehammers and put the jewelry in their bags. Sonu Chauhan, owner of the one-year-old store, told local channels that they were done within 30 to 45 seconds.
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“They had big plastic bags with them. Along with the trays, they would start dumping into those bags. Within 30 or 45 seconds, they were done. The car was there, and they got into it," Chauhan said.
The incident took place on Saturday evening. Chauhan said the robbers took the entire inventory of the store.
The store is located in an area dotted by Indian jewelry stores and hence an easy target by organized crime. Virani Jewellers on the same street was robbed with a similar tactic in June last year, and also in 2022.
