Jewellery worth four-figure sum stolen from Royal Mile shop

A Royal Mile shop was cordoned off by police on Sunday morning after a four-figure sum of jewellery was stolen from the property.

Police were called to Palenque on Edinburgh’s High Street at around 8am when it was reported the shop had a broken front window.

Pictures showed a police vehicle at the scene, with officers patrolling the a cordon.

It has now been confirmed that jewellery worth a four-figure sum was taken.

Police cordon in place around shop on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. PIC: Matt Donlan

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Police were called around 8am this morning, Sunday, 15 November, 2020, to a report that the window of a jewellery shop on High Street, Edinburgh, had been damaged.

"Subsequent enquiries established that this was now a housebreaking and that jewellery, worth a four figure sum - had been stolen.

"Enquiries are continuing.”

Police also confirmed that they were called to a gathering of ‘more than 100 people’ in Edinburgh’s Bristo Square on Saturday.

A spokesperson for the force said “suitable advice” was given at the scene.

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