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1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

**Swedish crown jewels stolen from 900-year-old church by speedboat-driving thieves
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Authorities in Sweden launched a massive search Wednesday after crown jewels belonging to the country's royal family were stolen by thieves who escaped on a speed boat.

Two crowns and an orb -- one belonging to King Karl IX, the other to Queen Kristina -- were snatched Tuesday morning from the Strangnas Cathedral, a 900-year-old church located about 50 miles from the capital of Stockholm.

The two men lifted the jewels from locked glass boxes and made their getaway in a speedboat waiting at a nearby waterway
The full story here: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/01/swedish-crown-jewels-stolen-from-900-year-old-church-by-speedboat-driving-thieves.html

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Amazing.... Guesses as to the thieves identities or whether the gold is already melted?? Think about the huge gold Canadian coin.... Cheers, RickO

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 10,007 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably a rented boat. My pappy said if it flys or floats rent it. Maybe another I forget.

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    SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably now comfortably sitting somewhere in the Balkans or St. Petersburg.

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,779 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hopefully it hasn't been melted. :o

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,246 ✭✭✭✭✭

    wow, what a major bummer

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2, 2018 7:36AM

    Unbelievable. Hopefully they round the thieves up fast.

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,424 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is this the Swedish version of the Italian job! Peace Roy

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It wasn't me.

    I can't think of a single place I could wear them.

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    goldengolden Posts: 10,544 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh man.

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    Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It may be this guy and his gang I would check him out he has not been working lately.



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