One Man Arrested, Another on the Run $1.8 Million Birkin Bag Heist

One man has been arrested, whereas one other is being searched for making off with $1.8 million value of Hermes Birkin baggage on Miami Seaside.

The heist unfolded on Tuesday when police acquired a name round 3:00 a.m. a couple of housebreaking on the Maison Wrist Aficionado retailer on the Setai Resort at 2001 Collins Avenue. Officers discovered vital proof that the posh retailer had been looted once they arrived. The shop’s entrance door was propped open. They turned their consideration to surveillance footage, which documented the daring theft. Within the video, one man carrying black pants and a yellow raincoat exited a stolen van earlier than popping the locks on the door. Another man, Eduardo Travieso Garcia, obtained out of the automobile and introduced a grey rubbish bin to the entrance door, with the opposite suspect bringing a second bin. The lads then pulled the containers into the shop and stuffed them with round 60 Hermès Birkin baggage, which generally begin at $10,000 and may get into the six figures. After working out with their stolen items, they threw the bins into the van, with Garcia fleeing in an orange Hyundai Santa Fe parked close by.

It didn’t take lengthy for the police to trace the boys down by their license plate numbers. Garcia was tracked at his house in Olympia Heights. Upon his arrest, he admitted to the brazen crime, and shockingly, police realized of the same jewellery heist that Garcia dedicated in Might 2023. 

Garcia is being held on a $100,000 bond, charged with first-degree grand theft, housebreaking, and illegal use of a communications gadget, Local 10 confirms. It doesn’t seem that his confederate has been situated. The luggage additionally stay lacking. 

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