[MSN] Spanish police find gold stolen from exhibition 10 years ago

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Spanish police find gold stolen from exhibition 10 years ago 
16:02 | 05/ 12/ 2007  
 

MADRID, December 5 (RIA Novosti) - Spanish police have discovered 1,800
items of gold stolen during an exhibition of ancient Latin American culture
10 years ago, a police spokesman said Wednesday. 

Police said the jewelry and household items dating back to the Pre-Columbus
era were discovered in a protected hiding place under a house in Santiago de
Compostela, northwest Spain. 

A Peruvian man, who organized the exhibition, is wanted by Spanish and
Peruvian authorities for the theft, the spokesman said. 

Currently, the treasures are being exhibited in Madrid's Museum of America
and will later be sent back to Latin America, the spokesman said. 

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