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 the continent.

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