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Valuable watches stolen in smash-and-grab break-in at Nanaimo jewelry store

Gold and Silver Guy loses $3,000 worth of watches in crime Feb. 25
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A suspect on a bicycle smashed a window and stole watches and jewelry from the Gold and Silver Guy store on Nanaimo’s Townsite Road on Sunday, Feb. 25. (Black Press file photo)

A suspect smashed his way into a Nanaimo jewelry store, stole watches, and got away on a bicycle.

The Gold and Silver Guy store on Townsite Road, which specializes in buying and selling precious metal watches, jewelry, coins and other items, lost an estimated $3,000 worth of timepieces and other items when a man on a bike rode up, smashed one of the store’s front windows and grabbed the items before riding off at about 4 a.m.

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