The Jewish Telegraphic Agency website reports today that police in Israel arrested four Israelis suspected of stealing precious Judaica from the main synagogue in Milan, Italy.
The suspects -- who were arrested on February 5, 2011 as part of an international operation -- are accused of smuggling the Judaica to Israel for sale to collectors.
All the stolen objects -- silver Torah crowns, rummonim, finials, and other silver and gold objects worth more than $700,000 -- were recovered.
Police said the four suspects -- two thieves and two who received the goods in Israel -- belonged to a gang that had carried out similar thefts from other European synagogues.
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