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$10M in gold found buried under former brewery in Belgium
ABC7 Los Angeles • • world
Key Points:
- Eight construction workers in Dendermonde, Belgium, discovered gold coins and bars worth 9 million euros ($10.5 million) while renovating a building.
- The gold was found after a drill bit got stuck and hit a gold bar during drilling operations.
- The workers alerted the property owner, who then contacted the police, leading to a secured inventory of the gold under camera surveillance.
- Authorities are investigating the origin and legal ownership of the gold, with potential plans for its use to be decided through legal proceedings.
- Images released by the police show the recovered gold coins in a metal bucket and gold bars displayed on a table.
