Investigators are searching for a group of men who carried out a home invasion and kidnapping in Meriden that led to a jewelry store robbery in Fairfield late Thursday night.
Police said four to five men entered an apartment on Gravel Street in Meriden and bound and gagged two men inside their home with electrical tape.
While the intruders were in the middle of the home invasion, two of the victims’ friends arrived at the home and the intruders tied them up, then drove off the original two victims to the jewelry store they own-in Fairfield, Lenox Jewelers, police said.
The intruders stole jewelry and fled and the victims were able to free themselves and call police.
Meriden police know very little about the intruders.
“We are looking for four to five suspects. Each one of them was wearing gloves and a ski mask of some sort, with their faces covered,” Lt. Mark Walerysiak, of the Meriden Police Department, said.
Police believe multiple firearms were used in the crimes. None of the victims were seriously injured.
Investigators are searching for a 2009 silver BMW stolen from one of the victims. It has a Massachusetts license plate of 96NV02.
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