An armed watch thief was caught on camera ripping a pricey Rolex from a singer’s wrist in a shop.
A CCTV camera caught the moment when the crook entered the store and pulled a gun as he approached Natalia Curvelo.
He pressed the gun against her back and removed the expensive timepiece from the shocked singer’s wrist with his other hand.
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Curvelo, 24, could be seen dropping to the floor with her hands raised as the crook made off with the wristwatch on Saturday (31 Aug).
The crime took place in broad daylight, but only Curvelo and a shop assistant were in the store at the time.
The thief fled on a motorcycle with Curvelo’s watch, which, according to local media, is worth more than 400m COP (£72,800).
Later that day, the singer took to Instagram to tell her 720,000 followers: “Today, I went through an unpleasant experience.
“When it happened, all I could think about was my little one. I thank God that I’m okay. Once you have kids, your mindset definitely changes.”
Curvelo, like fellow songstress Shakira, is from Barranquilla, Colombia, where the theft took place.
She sings vallenato folk music, as reported by Need To Know.
Her 2021 song ‘Que vuelva’ with Camilo Mugno has 3.9m views on YouTube.
She told her fans she’d reported the theft to the authorities, who are now working to identify the suspect.
Many social media users, however, were sceptical about the reported value of the watch.
Juan commented: “A Rolex isn’t worth that much.”
And Diego wrote: “They added an extra zero to the price of the watch.”
Curvelo and partner Oscar Yamín welcomed their firstborn, Pedro Pablo, in March 2022.
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