Thieves steal 30,000 bottles of wine worth €5m from Tuscan winery
A gang stole 30,000 bottles worth €5m from the Marchesi Antinori cellar in Cortona, Italy, in what may be the country's largest wine theft.
Thieves stole 30,000 bottles of wine, valued at €5m (£4.2m), from the Marchesi Antinori winery in Cortona, Tuscany, according to the BBC and The Guardian.
The Guardian reports that a gang of at least seven masked people broke into the cellar. It says they switched off the alarms and surveillance cameras first. They then used the company's own forklifts to load two large trucks and drove away.
Both outlets say the theft may be the biggest of its kind in Italy. The BBC describes the winery as Florence-based. The Guardian describes it as family-owned and dating to the late 1300s.
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- BBC NewsThieves steal 30,000 wine bottles worth €5m in Italy, reports sayFri, Oct 9, 5:09 AM EDT
- The GuardianThieves make off with €5m haul from prestigious Italian wineryFri, Oct 9, 7:57 AM EDT
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