One man has been tracked down and charged with the armed robbery of jewelry stores going back to 2002.
Laval police arrested 46-year-old Dimitrios Batzakis this week and he was in court Thursday to be charged with the crimes.
Raids were conducted in multiple locations including Ste. Adele, St. Jerome, Val-Morin and Montreal.
Batzakis is accused of the armed robbery of a Birks jewelry store in Laval in 2012, and with robbing another Birks store in St. Bruno in 2002, and making off with more than $1,000,000 in jewelry.
In July 2012, two men smashed display cases at Carrefour Laval and grabbed jewelry before fleeing the store. At the time witnesses said one of the two men was armed with a handgun.
A Birks store in Pointe Claire was robbed by a gang last week.
