Thieves make away with Swedish crown jewels

The police in Sweden are now on the hunt for a pair of thieves who made away with crown jewels belonging to Sweden’s royal family on a motorboat and are now on the run.

According to eyewitnesses, the two men were seen running from a cathedral in southeastern Sweden early on Tuesday afternoon, before jumping into a boat moored close by.

As they sped off, police launched a search operation by sea, land, and air, but the pair evaded pursuit and vanished. “It’s 1-0 to them right now,” a police spokesperson said.

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Tom Rowsell, an eyewitness, told The Daily Mail: “One of my friends saw two people running… I saw the boat just there, a white little boat with a motor on the back.

“The two men hurriedly jumped on board. We contacted the police and told them and they told us they had taken something from the cathedral.

Reports say the burglars escaped with two royal crowns – one belonging to the 17th Century King Karl IX, the other to his wife, Queen Kristina – and a royal orb.

The monarchs were initially buried with their crowns, but the “invaluable objects” were later exhumed and put on display in Strangnas Cathedral.

 

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