In what can only be described as a brazen-style heist reminiscent of an Ocean’s Eleven flick, thieves used explosives to blow up the Dutch museum door

These days, heists are few and far between. Gone are the days when you could step onto an airplane and jump out of the tail section with a parachute and $200,000 in cash. However, the recent theft of a priceless golden artifact from a Dutch museum seems to signal that heists could be coming back in style.

In the middle of the night, three thieves broke into the Drents Museum in Assen, a city located in the […] The post In The Middle Of The Night, Three Thieves Blasted Through A Dutch Museum's Door And Stole Precious Artifacts Inside appeared first on Chip Chick.

An exquisitely carved gold helmet from a Thracian tribe is among the ancient artifacts that were stolen from a museum in the Netherlands.

News - During the night of January 24-25, several artifacts from the Dacia - Empire of Gold and Silver exhibition, highlighting Dacian treasures from Romania,

Dutch police nab suspects linked to Saturday’s heist at the Drents Museum, where thieves stole the 2,500-year-old Helmet of Coțofenești, an iconic object for Romanians.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands, announced the arrest of three suspects in North Holland after the theft of four gold artifacts that were on loan from the National History Museum of Romania.