Thieves steal furs in raid at luxury store

THIEVES have stolen fur coats worth more than one million dollars (£820,000) from a top Madison Avenue store in Manhattan.

The theft happened after one of three suspects hurled a brick through the window of the Dennis Basso store.

Mr Basso said they made off with several Russian sable coats, some of which were worth as much as 200,000 dollars (£164,000).

Store executive Achilleas Georgiades said he could not believe something like this happened in “civilised” Madison Avenue. Surveillance video captured one of the thieves being struck on the head by a metal beam after climbing through the shattered window.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals group said the theft served Mr Basso right for peddling fur.