A fisherman in Indonesia was caught stealing 2.6kg of gold decorations from the dome of a mosque. The stolen gold, worth about $250,000, was recovered by the police buried in a forest.
The fisherman, Amin Gay (in orange jumpsuit), fled the scene but was netted by the authorities on March 7, three days after his theft.Some 2.6kg of gold decorations , worth about $250,000, were discovered missing from the dome of the Al Huda Mosque in the Kayeli village in Indonesia ’s Maluku. Instead of looking into the depths of the sea to make his fortune, a fisherman in Indonesia looked up and decided to strike gold – by stealing it off the top of a mosque.
But he did not make it rich with his prized “catch”, as he was netted by the local police on March 7, according to local media, days after he had allegedly committed the theft on March 4. The police had recovered the 2.6kg of gold decorations – which had been affixed to the dome of the Al Huda Mosque in Indonesia’s Maluku province – buried in a forest at nearby Kayeli Village, reported Indonesian media outlet Kompa
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