Brazen Four-Minute Theft Strips Spanish Museum of Prehistoric Gold
Thieves broke into the Villena Museum in Spain early Thursday and made off with most of the Treasure of Villena, a collection of 66 Bronze Age gold artifacts valued at over €1.7 million. The heist lasted only four minutes, with the alarm triggered at 5:20 AM and the perpetrators gone by 5:24 AM. The mayor expressed devastation, noting the loss of a key piece of local heritage.
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