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BERLIN (Reuters) - Six men accused of involvement in a 2019 jewel heist at a museum housing one of Europe's greatest art collections appeared in court in Dresden on Friday, with the whereabouts of the treasures still a mystery.
Police raided German jewellers with links to the hip-hop scene yesterday amid fears a rare 220lb gold coin which was stolen from a museum could have been processed into medallions for rappers. The 'Big Maple Leaf', considered the second largest coin in the world and worth £3.3million, has not been found since it vanished from the Bode Museum, Berlin, in 2017. Homes and shops suspected of being connected to the theft were raided by police on Wednesday morning. One of the suspicious jewellers has links to the rap industry which has lead detectives to their new line of inquiry, Bild reports.
German police raid jewelry shops, homes in search for 100-kg Canadian gold coin Police in Berlin raided homes and jewelry shops on Wednesday as part of their investigation into the theft of a Canadian gold coin worth millions of dollars. Police believe it may have been melted down and forged into smaller collector coins. Social Sharing The Associated Press · Posted: Dec 16, 2020 1:19 PM ET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020 The 100-kilogram 'Big Maple Leaf' coin has a diameter of 53 centimetres and a face value of $1 million Cdn. By weight alone, however, it would be worth roughly $5.8 mill...
3 months old This article is more than 3 months old German police investigating Green Vault theft of 18-century treasures detain another suspect The reopened Jewel Room of the Green Vault Museum in Dresden in May. Photograph: Jens Meyer/AP The reopened Jewel Room of the Green Vault Museum in Dresden in May. Photograph: Jens Meyer/AP AssociatedPressinBerlin Tue 15 Dec 2020 05.47 EST Last modified on Tue 15 Dec 2020 05.58 EST German police have arrested one of two fugitive twins wanted in connection with the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum last year. A spokesman f...
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