Venezuela Arrests Police After Caracas Jewelry Store Robbery

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Nine police officers were arrested for stealing physical evidence after two jewelry stores were robbed in Caracas on July 30, Venezuela’s public prosecutor office said today in an e-mailed statement.

The officers were part of a team from the Chacao municipality that responded to an armed robbery of two jewelry stores in the Centro Lido office complex and shopping mall in the eastern Caracas business district of El Rosal, according to the statement.