Determined thieves cut their way to locked up loot

Police are looking for the determined burglars who cut their way through a roof, two walls and a metal cage to steal $150,000 worth of gold and diamond jewelry from a South Philadelphia store.

The theft at GBA Jewelry in the Hoa Binh Shopping Plaza on the 1600 block of Washington Avenue was discovered 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said.

To get to the loot, the thieves cut their way through the roof into a beauty salon and then breached a wall into a neighboring restaurant and a second wall between the eatery and jewelry store, police said.

Inside the store, the burglars then cut through metal bars to gain entry to the storeroom holding the gold and diamond jewelry, police said.

The owner told police the break-in did not trigger an alarm.

The stolen loot was valued at $150,000, police said.