Three convicted after Met police sting operation recovers £2m Ming vase
by Kevin Rawlinson and agency from World news | The Guardian on (#6DZXY)
Detective from force's specialist crime unit says cross-border operation was the result of four years' work
Three men have been convicted after a 2m vase stolen from a museum was recovered in a police sting operation.
The Chinese Ming dynasty vase was stolen from the Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva, in Switzerland in June 2019. Three men plotted to sell it on for hundreds of thousands of pounds, but were caught in a Scotland Yard operation.
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