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Button and wife Jessica were staying with friends in France
when two men broke in. They stole jewelry worth 300,000 euros
($327,810.00), according to a police spokesman for the Var
region.
"Mr Button learned about the burglary as he woke up. Nobody was
hurt," the police spokesman said. When asked by Reuters, the
French police had no information about the possible use of gas.
However, a spokesman for the racing driver told the BBC that gas
may have been used during the burglary.
"Two men broke into the property whilst they all slept and stole
a number of items of jewelry including, most upsettingly,
Jessica's engagement ring.
"The police have indicated that this has become a growing
problem in the region with perpetrators going so far as to gas
their proposed victims through the air conditioning units before
breaking in," he added.
Button, the 2009 world champion, has endured a nightmare year in
Formula One.
His McLaren team had their worst ever start to a season and had
scored just four points from their first eight races before
Button and team mate Fernando Alonso picked up 13 points between
them at the British and Hungarian grands prix.
(Additional reporting by Matthias Galante, writing by Toby Davis
in London, editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
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