BANGKOK – Thai police have arrested an Australian man suspected of the smash-and-grab theft of a diamond ring worth almost $1 million from a jewelry shop in Melbourne.
Police said Monday that 30-year-old George Georgiou had been arrested Sunday on a warrant issued by a Melbourne court. A police press release said Georgiou was arrested in Chonburi province, near the resort town of Pattaya.
Georgiou is accused of smashing the window of Hardy Brothers Jewelers with a hammer in March.
He told reporters in Bangkok on Monday that he had not stolen the $925,000 ring.
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