Kyle Lowry's Philadelphia home allegedly hit in multi-million dollar jewelry heist

Of all the multi-million dollar jewelry heist plots one could imagine, the Delaware Valley might be the least likely location and Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry its least likely star. But here we are.

Lowry’s Philadelphia Main Line home is one of numerous locations burglarized by at least four alleged jewel thieves who performed the stuff of Hollywood filmdom — heavy surveillance, elaborate schemes to avoid setting off security measures and professional safecracking — according to multiple reports.

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Stolen jewelry, high-end purses and cash were then allegedly fenced through V Jewelers on Philadelphia’s historic Jewelers’ Row, according to the reports. The store’s owner, Wasim Shazad, was arrested on Friday in connection with four burglary suspects who were apprehended this past July.

An estimated $1.5 million worth of items was stolen during at least 15 burglaries from August 2015 to July 2016, per the Associated Press. The value of Lowry’s stolen belongings is unknown known, but at least three homes were hit for more than six figures worth of stuff, including one where burglars allegedly tied up a resident, threw a safe out the window and left with roughly $500,000 in assets.

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Lowry isn’t the first NBA player to fall victim to burglars. Chris Bosh’s home was robbed of $340,000 worth of personal belongings in 2013, and Nick Young’s place was taken for $100,000 worth of items a year later, just to name two in recent memory. Roger Mason Jr. was robbed at gunpoint three years ago. And Stephen Jackson, Antoine Walker and Eddy Curry were all victims of home invasions.

Lowry, a Philadelphia native and Villanova product, is lucky to have avoided a worse fate, but surely he would have preferred to have been left out of the credits in this latest real-life heist saga.

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Ben Rohrbach is a contributor for Ball Don’t Lie and Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at rohrbach_ben@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @brohrbach