[Karah]
POLICE IN THE NETHERLANDS ARE LOOKING FOR A GROUP OF SUSPECTED THIEVES WHO STOLE A 24-HUNDRED YEAR OLD GOLD HELMET FROM A MUSEUM AFTER USING EXPLOSIVES TO BREAK THROUGH THE DOOR.
POLICE RELEASED GRAINY SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING THE FOUR SUSPECTS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING … OPENING AN EXTERIOR DOOR BEFORE A BLAST SENDS SPARKS AND SMOKE INTO THE AIR.
IT HAPPENED AT THE DRENTS MUSEUM OF ASSEN WHERE THE GROUP MADE OFF WITH THE HELMET OF COTOFENESTI.
– WHICH THE MUSEUM WAS BORROWING FROM THE NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF ROMANIA FOR AN EXHIBIT.
IT HAS A MYTHOLOGICAL DESIGN WITH LARGE STUDS AND A PAIR OF EYES THAT WERE THOUGHT TO GET RID OF ENEMIES DURING BATTLE WHILE PROTECTING THE “EVIL EYE.”
BECAUSE THE HELMET IS SO WELL KNOWN, EXPERTS SAY IT’S NOT SELLABLE AND THE THIEVES WILL ONLY MAKE MONEY OFF THE GOLD IF THEY MELT THE ITEMS.
THE MUSEUM SAYS THREE GOLD BRACELETS WERE ALSO TAKEN IN THE HEIST.
POLICE SAY THEY’VE HAD SEVERAL TIPS AND THEY’RE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO A POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO A NEARBY CAR FIRE THE MORNING OF THE MUSEUM BREAK-IN.
FOR SAN I’M … KARAH RUCKER.
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