How Swiss museum heist was foiled by sting at London hotel
A vase stolen from Geneva was carried around London in a JD Sports bag as the gang looked to sell it on.
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A vase stolen from Geneva was carried around London in a JD Sports bag as the gang looked to sell it on.
Three men wearing ski masks, dark clothing and gloves got out and walked up the steps to the solid, wooden front door.
Two British siblings have been locked up in Switzerland after they confessed to breaking into a Geneva museum to steal famed Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts.
On the night of June 1 2019, there was an unusual disturbance at a museum in Geneva. Wearing ski masks and gloves, two brothers from south-east London, along with a third man, broke into the Baur Foundation at the Museum of Far Eastern Art by smashing a pane on the front door.
Prosecutors say the two British men should be jailed for stealing 14th Century Ming Dynasty artefacts.