Woman arrested for stealing $1.7 million worth of gold from Paris museum

A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the Theft of gold From the natural environment museum in Paris, one of the few high-profile institutions targeted at French cultural institutions, the prosecutor said on Tuesday.

The theft – that’s what the director of the museum at the time called “The Best Group” – It happened on September 16, more than a month before fine decorative jewelry In the world famous museum on Sunday.

A 24-year-old Chinese woman was arrested in Barcelona on September 30 over the natural history museum and the theft of gold worth more than $ 1 million, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau.

The suspect was handed over to French authorities on October 13 and charged with theft and criminal conspiracy and placed under temporary detention that day.

Investigation revealed that he left France on the day of the break-in and was preparing to return to China.

At the time of his arrest, he was trying to dispose of about one kilogram (2.2 kilograms) of melted gold pieces, the prosecutor said, but could not provide more details.

The Natural History Museum discovered the theft of the Gold Nugget shown after the clean damage to the sacris on the site.

Stolen items include nuggets from Bolivia donated in the 18th century, from Russia’s Ural region gifted by Tsar Nicholas Mina in 1833, from California’s love of instant gold.

A five-kilogram nugget from Australia found in 1990 was also taken, said BecCuau.

About six kilograms of gold were stolen, with damage estimated at 1.5 million euros ($1.7 million), he added, noting that the historical and scientific value was “precious.”

Native gold is a metal alloy that contains gold and silver in their natural, unrefined form.

Investigators found two of the museum’s doors had been cut with a grinder and a display case broken using a blowtorch.

Tools including blowtorch, grinder, screwdriver, gas cylinders and saws are available nearby.

Observations show a single intervention that enters the museum shortly after 1: 00 in the morning and leaves around 4: 00 in the morning, according to Bheccua.

The investigation is ongoing, he added.

Police are still on the hunt for thieves who stole countless royal treasures from the Louvre Museum in a surprise raid on Sunday. The authorities said on Tuesday that the relevant values ​​should be a It is estimated at $102 million not including their historical value in France.

The heist blessed the line due to security measures at French museums, which have suffered spate-ins in recent months.

In early September, thieves snatched three works of porcelain It costs millions of dollars and classified as a national treasure in the heist at the Adrien Dulouche National Museum in Limoges in Central France.

Last November, four men with axes and baseball bats staged a broad daylight exhibition at the Contacq-Jay Museum in Paris, starting with several works from the 18th century. That Heist resulted in an insurance payout of more than $4 million for the Royal Collection Trust, said the BBC.

The next day, jewelry worth several million dollars was stolen during an armed robbery at a museum in Sabone-et-loare in Central France.