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May 23, 2003
Release Number: 03-05-84
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THIRD ARMORED CAVALRY SOLDIERS SEIZE GOLD
Third Armored Cavalry Soldiers Seize Gold
Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) seized a large quantity of what may be gold bars during a routine traffic control vehicle search in Al Qaim yesterday. The bars will be tested to identify their contents.
Soldiers conducted a search of a Mercedes truck driven by two individuals and discovered approximately 2,000 40-pound bars measuring 4" x 5" x 10". The occupants told the soldiers that they had been paid a total of 350,000 Dinars (or $350 U.S.) to pick up the truck in Baghdad and drive it to an unnamed individual in Al Qaim. The two had been told that the bars were bronze.
The bars may have a total worth of $500,000,000, depending on karat weight and purity.
The truck, bars and two individuals are currently in the custody of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment.
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