Dutch police arrest three suspects after the theft of a priceless golden helmet from Romania

Dutch authorities connected Wednesday arrested 3 suspects aft the theft of a priceless past aureate helmet that is considered a taste icon of Romania and had been connected show successful a tiny depository successful the Netherlands. There was nary motion that the intricate helmet dating backmost immoderate 2,500 years had been recovered.

The theft of the helmet and 3 aureate wristbands besides connected show sent shockwaves done the creation world, and devastated Romanian authorities who thought they were loaning the items to a federation wherever information for museums was paramount.

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Dutch constabulary said successful a connection that the suspects were being interrogated and "more arrests are not excluded." They did not elaborate.

This undated representation provided by the Drents Museum shows the aureate Cotofenesti helmet. (Drents Museum via AP)

It gave a glimmer of anticipation to the Drents Museum, which has travel nether criticism, particularly from Romania, for not applying capable security.

"We are awaiting further developments with bated breath. The betterment without harm would be, for all, a fantastic adjacent step. Not lone for us, but besides for the Romanian population," the depository said successful a statement.

The Cotofenesti helmet is 1 Romania’s astir revered nationalist treasures from the Dacia civilization. It was connected show connected the last play of a six-month stint erstwhile it was stolen.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis called the artifacts of "exceptional taste and humanities importance" for Romanian practice and identity, and that their disappearance had "a beardown affectional and symbolic interaction connected society."

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It was a heist that "even successful our astir pessimistic dreams, we would not person believed possible," said the manager of Romania’s National History Museum, Ernest Oberlander-Tarnoveanu.

The helmet’s fame and melodramatic studded quality mean it could ne'er easy beryllium sold, raising fears the thieves were aft the golden itself. But melting it would trim the treasure's taste and humanities value. Gold stands astatine astir 85,000 euros ($89,000) per kilo, and the helmet is estimated to measurement somewhat little than that.