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Former West Ham United youth player Kaine Wright, 26, tried to sell the 14th century artefact with the help of accomplices David Lamming and Leslie Nkhwa, Southwark Crown Court in London heard.

A former West Ham youth player caught up in a sting operation after a £2m Ming vase was stolen from a Swiss museum has been jailed for three years.

Former Hammers youth player Kaine Wright, 26, tried to sell the 14th Century artefact with the help of accomplices Leslie Nkhwa, 47 and David Lamming 31, a court heard.

The vase was recovered in a sting operation two years later when officers posed as buyers offering £450,000.

It took the Metropolitan police's special crime unit four years of work with Swiss authorities to bring the crime to justice.

Met officers catch the three men trying to sell the Ming Dynasty vase in an undercover operation.

LONDON: Three British men have been found guilty of the theft of a precious Chinese Ming Dynasty vase worth US$2.5 million.

The Chinese Ming Dynasty vase was stolen from the Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva, Switzerland in June 2019. Three men have now been convicted in connection with the theft.

Three items from the Ming Dynasty estimated to be worth £3.5 million were stolen during the museum burglary.

Detective from force’s specialist crime unit says cross-border operation was the result of four years’ work