German authorities announced today that they have arrested four suspects for stealing hundreds of ancient gold coins from a museum in Bavaria last year.
Thieves broke into the Celtic and Roman Museum in Manhing and took 483 Celtic gold pieces that were discovered during archaeological excavations in 1999. The coins are dated to around 100 BC
Officials said the intruders cut cables in a telecommunications hub and disrupted local networks before the robbery, and that the thieves were in and out of the museum in nine minutes on November 22 without raising the alarm.
The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior announced that raids were carried out in the Schwerin region of northeastern Germany on Tuesday and that four people were arrested.
Regional Interior Minister Joachim Hermann said in a statement that the operation was "an outstanding investigative success" and that "professional thieves" had been arrested.
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