鈧�750,000 ring lost from Paris Ritz room found in hotel vacuum cleaner
Police and hotel staff were involved in investigating the loss
A room at the legendary hotel on place Vend么me usually costs upwards of 鈧�1,500 a night
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A 鈧�750,000 diamond-encrusted ring which had been reported stolen at the Paris Ritz hotel has been found inside the bag of a hotel vacuum cleaner.
The ring鈥檚 owner, a Malaysian businesswoman, told the Paris police that she had left it on a table in her hotel room on Friday (December 8) while she went shopping.
On her return at 11:30 the ring had vanished, prompting her to report its theft.
By Saturday morning the police and hotel staff were investigating the loss.
鈥淲e will investigate all possibilities,鈥� a police source told . 鈥淎nything is possible.
鈥淏ut if we conclude it was the work of a high-level thief then we give the case to the organised crime brigade.鈥�
The following day the hotel found the ring in the bag of a vacuum cleaner.
鈥淭hanks to the meticulous search by security agents, the ring was found this morning,鈥� the hotel told .
鈥淲e would like to thank everyone working at the Paris Ritz who helped in the search.鈥�
The client was reportedly 鈥減leased鈥� that her 鈧�750,000 ring had been found.
鈥淲e would like to thank the police and the hotel鈥檚 team who investigated the matter in record time,鈥� said the businesswoman's lawyers.
The Paris Ritz offered the Malaysian businesswoman three nights鈥� free stay for the inconvenience.
A room at the legendary hotel on place Vend么me usually costs upwards of 鈧�1,500 a night.
However, Le Parisien reported that she was not likely to take up the offer.
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