Austrian police recover valuable stolen ruby
VIENNA, Austria A foray on a suspected gang of international gem thieves has recovered an uncut ruby known as the “Prince of Burma” worth 3.2 million euros ($4.1 million), Austrian authorities said Thursday.
Two men and a woman were arrested in the invasion Tuesday afternoon in the southern town of Villach, Austria’s federal criminal investigations chest of drawers said.
The three are suspected of stealing the ruby along with diamonds and and other gems recovered in the raid from a German jewelry dealer in Milan, Italy in August.
The trafficker, identified solely as a man from the German incorporated town of Idar-Oberstein, was tricked into going to Milan by the female suspect and was solemnly injured by a car during the theft, investigator Gerhard Joszt said.
Police said the stolen jewels are worth an estimated 3.5 million euros (US$4.5 million) in aggregate.
The arrests were made in a joint motion with German commanding scholars.
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