A bulky bounty: thieves steal $7,000 in coins
Arizona Coin Collector
Thieves in the northern Colombian city of
Sincelejo made off with a valuable, if somewhat
weighty, load on Wednesday when they stole over
$7,000 in coins alone, reported website El
Universal.
(Photo - Colombian Peso)
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According to reports, six sacks of the cumbersome
coins were snatched from a factory, located in
the industrial sector of the city, in the early
hours of Wednesday morning.
Preliminary investigations made by the national
police indicate an inside job, suggesting that
at least some of the perpetrators were in fact
employees of the factory.
"The three guards that were there, one in the
porter's lodge, two doing rounds, will not give
information on what went on, which is strange.
I mean a great quantity of coins like that is
not easy to carry," said Sergeant Hugo Javier
Agudelo Sanabria.
Police have so far made no arrests of the coin
stealing criminals.
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