A polo trophy, a cavalry trumpet, statuettes of mounted soldiers, and a parcel-gilt rosewater dish were among the treasures taken in the 'well-organised' heist.
Police are hunting 'audacious' thieves who sawed through a museum floor to steal a haul of silver antiques from a cabinet. Police believe the gang drilled upwards through a ceiling and then 'burrowed' through several layers of wooden flooring to gain access to the display case at the Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum in Newark. Among the items stolen were a polo trophy, a cavalry trumpet and several statuettes of mounted soldiers.
' Read more from Sky News:Child killed after being hit by car during school runZara Aleena's murderer wins appeal for shorter sentence'Violent' winds on the way in Storm Ciaran aftermath Detective Inspector Luke Todd, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: 'This was an audacious, planned, and targeted attack on what is a wonderful historic building and was clearly very well organised.
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