Thieves steal bronze age treasure in ‘very well planned’ four-minute museum heist in Spain

Gold collection known as Treasure of Villena, worth at least €1.7m, is latest target of criminal raid Thieves in Spain have raided the Treasure of Villena – a stunning collection of bronze age gold artefacts that has been described as the most important prehistoric trove in Europe – in the latest high-profile smash-and-grab heist on…

Gold collection known as Treasure of Villena, worth at least €1.7m, is latest target of criminal raid

Thieves in Spain have raided the Treasure of Villena – a stunning collection of bronze age gold artefacts that has been described as the most important prehistoric trove in Europe – in the latest high-profile smash-and-grab heist on the continent.

The raid on Thursday morning of the 66 mostly gold objects in the Spanish town of Villena lasted just minutes, officials said.

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