Mississauga jewelery workers use swords to protect themselves from potential thieves – Toronto

Investigators say they're looking for four suspects after the surveillance video captured by Mississauga jewelry workers who repel potential thieves with swords Wednesday afternoon.

Peel Regional Police said police responded to a call for a robbery at Ashok Jewelers on Airport Road and Beverley Street at approximately 12:15 pm

The video inside the store seems to show an employee and a customer who suddenly walk away from a window while the suspects break the glass with some sort of object.

But as the burglars tried to enter the store through the window, three store employees accused them of wielding swords.

"People were breaking the front window and trying to get to the store," Const said. Danny Marttini told Global News on Thursday.

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"The employees and the owner inside obviously tried to send them and did well in the sense that they were able to send them."

"The culprits eventually come back through the window."

Marttini said that there were four suspects in total and that one of them was wielding a firearm.

Although no injuries were reported and no property was stolen, Mr. Marttini stated that the police did not tolerate the use of swords. by employees.

"It could easily have turned into a completely different situation. We could have seen many people injured, "she said.

"I must say that the property does not have the same value as a human being."

Marttini said the suspects had fled into a dark Dodge Durango northbound on Airport Road.

The first two suspects are described as men between five and eight feet five and ten feet ten, of medium height. Both wore blue coveralls with reflective security decals, black toques, black shoes, black hoodies and black backpacks at the time of the shooting.

The third suspect is described as a man between five and nine feet five and eleven feet with a strong build. He was wearing a black hooded jacket, blue jeans, black shoes, white gloves and was armed with a black handgun.

The fourth suspect was described as having a slender waist and was wearing black pants, white gloves and a black winter jacket with a fur lined hood and a black bag.

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The owner told Global News Thursday that no one had been hurt. But they specified that they would not make any other comments, the investigation being ongoing.

In July, an owner of a jewelry store located just yards away from Ashok Jewelers also fought potential thieves with swords.

A red van hit the window of the New Rana Jewelers several times before three people could be seen entering the store. At the time, the police said that the suspects had taken several jewels in the store.

Investigators may call witnesses, surveillance videos or surveillance videos, or anyone with information on this incident, to contact the Centeral robbery investigators at (905) 453-2121, ext. 3410 or Peel Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

–With Kamil Karamali records