A daring gang of masked thieves has carried out what is believed to be Italy’s largest wine heist, stealing tens of thousands of bottles worth millions from a historic Tuscany winery. The criminals disabled security systems and used the winery’s own equipment to load two trucks before fleeing with the haul. The targeted estate, a family-run vineyard with roots tracing back centuries, now faces the fallout of the sophisticated and high-value theft. Authorities are investigating how the intruders bypassed alarms and surveillance to execute the bold robbery.
Gang breaks into cellar of Marchesi Antinori in Cortona and loads two trucks with 30,000 bottles before getawayThousands of bottles of wine worth €5m (£4.2m) have been stolen from a prestigious winery in Tuscany in what is thought to be the biggest heist of its kind in Italy.A gang of at least seven masked individuals broke into the cellar of Marchesi Antinori, a family-owned winery dating back to the late 1300s, in Cortona after shutting off the alarms and surveillance cameras before using company forklifts to load two large trucks with 30,000 bottles of wine and making off. Continue reading...
