Surveillance footage of a group of 20 people shamelessly raiding a Bay Area jewelry store in broad daylight has been released — with the chaos ending in a police chase and arrests.
Check out this wild clip — the crew, decked out in full black ops gear, swarmed into PNG Jewelers in Sunnyvale, CA Wednesday with hammers and tools in hand … and made quick work of the display cases, snatching up a hefty haul of bling before taking off.
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) disclosed the suspects made a getaway in multiple vehicles before officers arrived. However, the responding officers lucked out — they managed to spot 2 of the fleeing vehicles in the act.
The drivers of both vehicles played hardball — with cops saying they refused to stop, which escalated into a full-blown police pursuit. Cops lost sight of one car, but they witnessed the suspects tossing stolen jewelry out of the other vehicle.
Eventually, the 5 suspects in the car hit the brakes and made a run for it across the freeway into a nearby industrial area. But, cops eventually caught up with them, and they were taken into custody.
Those captured have been booked into Santa Clara County Jail, facing a laundry list of charges including armed robbery, felony vehicle evasion, resisting arrest, burglary, and vandalism.
The total value of the stolen bling isn’t known at this point — but thankfully, some of it has already been recovered. The incident is still under investigation.