From the South Wales Echo:
 
  "Police in Cardiff were today searching for a gang of 12 men, believed to
  be from the Liverpool area, after a valuable piece of antique silverware
  was stolen from the Millennium Stadium.
 
  The silver was smuggled out of the stadium in full view of almost 70,000
  people following an unprovoked attack on a party of elderly visitors from
  London.
  The mugging took place late on Saturday afternoon as the pensioners from
  North London were enjoying a stroll in the spring sunshine.
 
  A spokesman for South Wales police said: " This was a particularly nasty
  and cowardly assault. The attackers lulled the elderly gentlemen into a
  false sense of security by standing around doing absolutely nothing for
  almost an hour. Then, just as the visitors were about to get back onto
  their coach and return to the capital, the vicious young thugs struck."
 
  Police are particularly interested in talking to one member of the gang
  who is described as "young, dwarfish, with an annoying girlish smile;
  a real Oliver Twist type". He is believed to be Welsh but adopts a
  Liverpool accent and claims to be English.
 
  The gang, which includes several political refugees and illegal immigrants
  from Central Europe, is led by a French-speaking "Fagin" who is also a
  master forger and pickpocket.
 
  "This man has no scruples whatsoever. We believe he steals most of his
  ideas from a near neighbour in Lancashire; a man he much admires. We
  have interviewed this man, and although he is a former owner of the property
  he is above reproach."
 
  However, there were fears tonight that the gang had embarked on a crime
  spree in Europe.
 
  The police spokesman added: "We have alerted Interpol and are watching
  all ports but we fear they may have already left the country. They were
  overheard by some witnesses talking about heading for Germany. We can only
  hope they won't be back in Wales for a long time to come."

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