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13/09/2013
Museum Theft Arrested Released On Bail
Police have said that 20 people arrested on Tuesday (10 September) as part of a national operation into high-value museum thefts, have been released on bail.
A total of 18 men and two women were arrested following a series of dawn raids in England and Northern Ireland earlier this week.
All have now been released on bail until January.
Twenty-six police forces and hundreds of officers, as well as the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SICA) were involved in the operation.
The arrested were held on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and assisting an offender.
The investigation is connected to six crimes over a four-month period at museums and auction homes in England.
In the incidents – three at Durham Museum and one each at Gorringes Auction House in East Sussex, Norwich Castle Museum in Norfolk and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge – Chinese artefacts and rhinoceros horn were stolen.
While much of the property has previously been recovered, several high-value items are still missing.
Anyone with any information is being urged to call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
(JP/CD)
A total of 18 men and two women were arrested following a series of dawn raids in England and Northern Ireland earlier this week.
All have now been released on bail until January.
Twenty-six police forces and hundreds of officers, as well as the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SICA) were involved in the operation.
The arrested were held on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and assisting an offender.
The investigation is connected to six crimes over a four-month period at museums and auction homes in England.
In the incidents – three at Durham Museum and one each at Gorringes Auction House in East Sussex, Norwich Castle Museum in Norfolk and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge – Chinese artefacts and rhinoceros horn were stolen.
While much of the property has previously been recovered, several high-value items are still missing.
Anyone with any information is being urged to call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
(JP/CD)
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