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  • Dutch police arrest three suspects after the theft of a priceless golden helmet from Romania

    Dutch police arrest three suspects after the theft of a priceless golden helmet from Romania

    Dutch authorities on Wednesday arrested three suspects after the theft of a priceless ancient golden helmet that is considered a cultural icon of Romania and had been on display in a small museum in the Netherlands. There was no sign that the intricate helmet dating back some 2,500 years had been recovered.

    The theft of the helmet and three golden wristbands also on display sent shockwaves through the art world, and devastated Romanian authorities who thought they were loaning the items to a nation where security for museums was paramount.

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    Dutch police said in a statement that the suspects were being interrogated and “more arrests are not excluded.” They did not elaborate.

    This undated image provided by the Drents Museum shows the golden Cotofenesti helmet. (Drents Museum via AP)

    It gave a glimmer of hope to the Drents Museum, which has come under criticism, especially from Romania, for not applying sufficient security.

    “We are awaiting further developments with bated breath. The recovery without damage would be, for all, a fantastic next step. Not only for us, but also for the Romanian population,” the museum said in a statement.

    The Cotofenesti helmet is one Romania’s most revered national treasures from the Dacia civilization. It was on display on the final weekend of a six-month stint when it was stolen.

    Romanian President Klaus Iohannis called the artifacts of “exceptional cultural and historical importance” for Romanian heritage and identity, and that their disappearance had “a strong emotional and symbolic impact on society.”

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    It was a heist that “even in our most pessimistic dreams, we would not have believed possible,” said the director of Romania’s National History Museum, Ernest Oberlander-Tarnoveanu.

    The helmet’s fame and dramatic studded appearance mean it could never easily be sold, raising fears the thieves were after the gold itself. But melting it would reduce the treasure’s cultural and historical value. Gold stands at about 85,000 euros ($89,000) per kilo, and the helmet is estimated to weigh slightly less than that.

  • First images of ICE mass deportation efforts show arrests of MS-13 gang members, murder suspects

    First images of ICE mass deportation efforts show arrests of MS-13 gang members, murder suspects

    Fox News embedded exclusively with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Boston as the agency targeted egregious criminal aliens, including MS-13 gang members and murder suspects, as part of mass deportation efforts under President Donald Trump.

    Fox News witnessed ICE Boston make eight arrests, including multiple MS-13, Interpol Red Notices, murder and rape suspects, and a volatile Haitian gang member with 18 convictions in recent years who told our cameras that he “ain’t going back to Haiti” and “f— Trump, Biden forever!”

    “Today was a good day. Today we took several significant public safety threats out of our communities,” Patricia Hyde, ERO Boston Acting Field Office Director, told Fox News. “Unfortunately, a lot were released by sanctuary policies. But we’re here to tell the Commonwealth and the rest of the country that we’re going to find them, whether they’re released or not.”

    ICE also made what is known as a “collateral” arrest, where ICE arrests an illegal alien who wasn’t their initial target.

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    Bill Melugin embedded with ICE Boston and witnessed agents making arrests. (X/ @BillMelugin_)

    In that case, the illegal alien was with an MS-13 gang member who had been released by a sanctuary jurisdiction on Tuesday with an ICE detainer that was not honored.

    Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has previously warned that collateral arrests are something that would happen in sanctuary jurisdictions.

    Three ICE officers stand around a man with a blurred out face as they put him in handcuffs.

    Bill Melugin embedded with ICE Boston and witnessed agents making arrests. (X/ @BillMelugin_)

    As ICE Boston was arresting a violent illegal alien in one neighborhood, Fox News heard a woman yell out “thank you” to the agents.

    ICE officers lead a man in handcuffs into a police car.

    Bill Melugin embedded with ICE Boston and witnessed agents making arrests. (X/ @BillMelugin_)

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    The arrests come as the Trump administration moves rapidly to fulfill its promise to launch a historic mass deportation operation, which it has said will focus primarily – but not exclusively – on public safety threats.

    Three ICE officers stand around a man in a police car.

    Bill Melugin embedded with ICE Boston and witnessed agents making arrests. (X/ @BillMelugin_)

    In the first days of the Trump administration, ICE has made more than 460 arrests of illegal immigrants, including those with criminal histories that include sexual assault, domestic violence and drugs and weapons crimes. Arrests took place across the U.S. including Illinois, Utah, California, Minnesota, New York, Florida and Maryland. 

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    Agents arrested nationals from a slew of countries, including Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Senegal and Venezuela.

    Fox News Digital’s Adam Shaw contributed to this report.

    Bill Melugin currently serves as a Los Angeles based correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in May 2021.