In France, a 24-year-old Chinese citizen was charged with stealing gold nuggets from the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) in Paris. This was announced by capital prosecutor Laure Beco, as reported by France Info.
A Chinese woman dressed in black entered the museum on the night of September 16. Using a sander, the miniature thief cut holes in the door slightly larger than an A4 sheet. The criminal managed to sneak inside and take the nuggets to the display cabinet. She hacked it open with a blowtorch and left the museum with six kilograms of gold.
Nuggets from Bolivia, bequeathed to the Academy of Sciences in the 18th century, and gold from the Urals, donated to the museum by Russian Emperor Nicholas I in 1833, have disappeared from the National Museum of Natural History. In addition, this woman also stole a gold nugget discovered in California during the gold rush and a large nugget of gold from Australia found in 1990. Their value is estimated at 1.5 million euros (142 million rubles).
The attacker was detained on September 30 at Barcelona airport. She carried a kilogram of molten gold. It is still unclear where the remaining nuggets are located. On October 13, Spanish authorities handed over this woman to French law enforcement agencies.
According to one of the Paris police officers, due to the criminal's impressive flexibility, she was mistaken for a circus artist. Law enforcement will find out who she really is during the investigation.
Previously, it was reported that on October 19, four thieves robbed the Louvre museum in Paris. They brought with them eight pieces of French crown jewels.
