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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Police arrest couple over €1.6m wine heist from Spanish restaurant

File picture wine bottles from the Chateau d'Yquem
Dozens of bottles of expensive French wine, including a 1806 Château D’Yquem, were stolen from the Atrio hotel and restaurant in Cáceres, Spain. Photograph: Laurent Theillet/AP

Detectives hunting for a pair of “expert thieves” accused of stealing 45 bottles of wine worth more than €1.6m (£1.4m) from a Spanish restaurant last year have arrested two people after a nine-month international police operation that ended in Croatia.

In October 2021, a man and a woman staying at the Atrio hotel and restaurant in Cáceres, south-west Spain, stole dozens of bottles of expensive French wine, including an 1806 Château D’Yquem, in a heist that made headlines around the world.

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