Thieves in women's clothing steal gold and foreign currency
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- Two men wearing women's clothing allegedly entered an apartment in Avcılar and stole gold and foreign currency worth about 500,000 lira.
- Security footage showed the suspects entering the building and leaving about 20 minutes later.
- Police launched an investigation to identify and arrest them.
Two suspects wearing women's clothing allegedly stole gold and foreign currency worth about 500,000 lira from an apartment in Avcılar, Istanbul.
The incident took place in the Gümüşpınar neighborhood. Fatoş Yılmaz and her husband returned from work at about 6 p.m. and noticed that their apartment door was unlocked, with no visible signs of forced entry.
After entering, the couple checked the storage compartment under the bed where they kept their savings and found the gold and currency missing. They reported the theft to police.
Security camera footage reviewed by investigators showed two men wearing women's clothing entering the building and leaving about 20 minutes later. Police began efforts to catch the suspects.
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Originally published by Sabah in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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