Security Guards Left Helpless as $500k Sapphire Ring VanishesA sapphire-and-diamond ring worth over

Security Guards Left Helpless as $500k Sapphire Ring Vanishes

A sapphire-and-diamond ring worth over half a million dollars has gone missing after an apparent break-in at a West Vancouver jewelry store, with two female security guards trussed up and gagged at the scene.

The ring was reported stolen from a business in the 500 block of Eastcot Road in the British Properties Feb. 7, said Constable Jeff Palmer, spokesman for the West Vancouver Police Department.

The owners arrived within 5 minutes of a silent alarm being triggered at about 7:30 p.m. that night to find several rooms had been ransacked and a safe had been forced open.

The ring, which had been inside the safe, was missing.

The ring, a Tiffany sapphire, features a large deep blue sapphire in a setting encrusted with diamonds. It is valued at about $500,000, said Palmer.

Also missing from the safe was a white gold Van Cleef & Arpels necklace with diamonds and shamrock patterns valued at more than $75,000. Two Vacheron Constantin gold watches – one man’s and one woman’s – each worth about $50,000 were also missing from the safe.

Two female security guards on site were discovered in a backroom bound gagged and tied to chairs with duct tape.