A gang of Balkan jewel thieves who call themselves The Pink Panthers have been nicking luxury goods and raiding jewellery shops from Tenerife to Timbuktu. One of the gang, Rifat Hadziahmetovic, from Montenegro was arrested as he tried to leave Cyprus on a fake passport and is currently being held pending a hearing regarding his extradition to Spain on March 31st

Inspector Clous… Andreou informed the press that the suspect was “…initially detained on suspicion of possession of forged documents, but further inquiries revealed he was wanted by Interpol for being a suspected part of the Pink Panther gang,”

Apparently the suspect was also identified by a tattoo on his leg though no information is currently available to support the rumour that it was of a large pink cat.

Hadziahmetovic is wanted in Tenerife among many other places for the theft of luxury items including watches and precious jewels, with the watches alone having an estimated value of 660,000 euros (877,000 dollars), according to an Interpol message received by Cyprus police.

Tonight celebrate Earth Hour with more than a billion other people from 83 cities and countless communities around the world.  Just flip the off switch from 8.30 till 9.30 tonight to register your comittment to energy conservation and Vote Earth.

You can Twitter, Flickr, Blog and Youtube about your Earth Hour experience :

Update your Twitter on the night and write #earthhour or #voteearth and your #location in your update to tag it.

Write a live blog post during the event and tag it with earthhour or voteearth, and your location.

Make a video of your event, upload it to YouTube and add it to the Earth Hour group.

Take a photo on the night, upload it to flickr and add it to Earth Hour’s flickr group and tag it with your city and country.

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