They stole a pre-Columbian gold mask and were going to sell it for 200,000 euros

As part of an operation that dismantled a network in Colombia he sold pre-Columbian coins to the black market international police, the Spanish police confiscated in Madrid a pre-Hispanic gold mask of great cultural value.

Recovered at Madrid airport, The golden mask of Tumaco, "of great artistic and cultural value", will be sold in the European country to 200,000 euros, announced the authorities.

The two people who transported her ", who would be engaged in looting pieces of great artistic and historical value in Colombia for its subsequent introduction on the markets and galleries of Europe ", they were arrested, announced the security organ.

The police did not reveal his nationality, but noted that one of them was the chief of police. contraband network.

The information that these people would arrive in Madrid was communicated by the Colombian authorities. The South American authorities carried out several searches in the buildings of members of the band who were used to find "more than 240 pieces looted regions of Nariño, Cauca, Tairona and Tumaco, from the pre-Columbian period invaluable value. "

Recovered items were prepared for shipment to Spain, Russia and China for commercialization black market", said the Spanish police.