200,000-EUR Pre-Columbian Gold Mask Seized At Airport

Spanish cops have seized this pre-Columbian gold mask which was reportedly set to be sold on the black market for over 200,000 EUR in “the biggest seizure”in the history of Colombia.

The Spanish national police, in cooperation with Colombian police, made the seizure at the Adolfo Suarez-Madrid Barajas airport, located in the city of Madrid the Spanish capital.

The gold mask had reportedly been plundered from the Colombian city of Tumaco and a police press statement described it as having “huge artistic and cultural value”.