Alleged cat burglar arrested after priceless Egyptian artefacts taken in Queensland museum heist

Man charged after 2,600-year-old cat sculpture, mummy mask and necklace stolen from Caboolture museum

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Queensland police have arrested a man accused of staging a brazen cat burglary of priceless Egyptian artefacts from a museum in Caboolture, north of Brisbane.

The man, 52, of no fixed address, was arrested on Russell Island in Moreton Bay on Saturday evening, after police allegedly found most of the stolen artefacts in a camper van parked at a ferry terminal.