Thieves in Italy steal 30,000 bottles of wine worth €5m, reports say
- 5 hours agoParul GuptaBloomberg via Getty ImagesFile photo of wine from Italian company Marchesi AntinoriThieves have stolen 30,000 bottles of wine collectively worth about €5m (£4.2m) from a prestigious Italian winery, Italian media report.
- Marchesi Antinori, one of Italy's biggest family-owned wineries, said the theft at its storage facility in Tuscany took place on Saturday as the company was preparing to ship a consignment to customers abroad.
- At least seven masked men are believed to have deactivated the alarms, disabled the cameras and used company forklifts to load two large trucks of the
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- 5 hours agoParul GuptaBloomberg via Getty ImagesFile photo of wine from Italian company Marchesi AntinoriThieves have stolen 30,000 bottles of wine collectively worth about €5m (£4.2m) from a prestigious Italian winery, Italian media report.
- Marchesi Antinori, one of Italy's biggest family-owned wineries, said the theft at its storage facility in Tuscany took place on Saturday as the company was preparing to ship a consignment to customers abroad.
- At least seven masked men are believed to have deactivated the alarms, disabled the cameras and used company forklifts to load two large trucks of the
Sources: BBC News