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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kevin Rawlinson and agency

Three convicted after Met police sting operation recovers £2m Ming vase

Composite picture of Kaine White, Mbaki Nkhwa and  David Lamming, who were all convicted of conspiring to convert criminal property
Left to right: Kaine White, Mbaki Nkhwa and David Lamming were all convicted of conspiring to convert criminal property. Composite: Metropolitan police/PA

Three men have been convicted after a £2m vase stolen from a museum was recovered in a police sting operation.

The Chinese Ming dynasty vase was stolen from the Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva, in Switzerland in June 2019. Three men plotted to sell it on for hundreds of thousands of pounds, but were caught in a Scotland Yard operation.

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