New Zealand Police recovered a pendant inspired by agent 007 sagavalued at thousands of dollarsthat a man allegedly had been swallowed in late November during a local robbery.
The New Zealand authorities announced that on the night of December 4 They managed to recover the piece of jewelry. «The pendant was recovered. It is now in police custody«, they clarified in a statement.
Regarding the circumstances of the reappearance of the valuable object, the police asserted that the alleged perpetrator of the criminal act he expelled the pendant from his body naturallythrough your gastrointestinal tract, while he was detained under preventive detentionaccording to the American news agency Associated Press (AP).
“When he was arrested, a medical evaluation and an agent was assigned to constantly monitor him«Declared Inspector Grae Anderson in a statement, quoted by AP.
The suspect in the case was formally accused of having stolen the valuable piece November 28 from a jewelry store Auckland called Partridge Jewelers, according to the same medium.
That day, according to court documents cited by the local network Radio New Zealand (RNZ), this man of 32 years He allegedly grabbed a valuable pendant from the store. 33 thousand New Zealand dollars (approx. 19 thousand dollars Americans), known as “Special Edition Guilloché Enamel Octopussy Surprise Locket”, y he swallowed it to try to steal it.
The earring is valued at 33 thousand New Zealand dollars (approx. 19 thousand US dollars), . Photo: EFE/Fabergé.For his part, the accused of the criminal act, who remains detained, pleaded not guilty to a series of charges against him during a hearing before the Auckland District Courtaccording to RNZ. His next court date is scheduled for February.
What is the pendant and what are its characteristics?
The object of the incident is a pendant from the historic luxury jewelry brand Casa Fabergé, founded by the Russian jeweler Gustav Faberge (1814-1894).
The firm achieved international fame at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th centurywhen his son, the renowned goldsmith Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920), created the famous imperial eggsmade of gold and precious stones, highly valued today.
The item is called «Special Edition Guilloché Enamel Octopussy Surprise Locket». Photo: New Zealand Police.The allegedly stolen piece is a special edition of Fabergé inspired by the James Bond film Octopussy (1983).
«The Special Edition Guilloché Enamel Octopussy Surprise Locket was crafted in 14k yellow gold. 18 carats. It is decorated with green guilloché enamel and embedded with 60 white diamonds and 15 blue sapphires. The exterior of the egg faithfully follows the design of the Fabergé egg that appears in the film Octopussywith a beautiful lattice structure (NdR: ornamental design) of 18-karat gold delicately encrusted with blue sapphires and white diamonds in a floral design,» says Fabergé’s official description.
«In true Fabergé style, the beautiful egg-shaped medallion also offers a surprise: when opened, it reveals a miniature 18k gold octopus inside, that captures the spirit of the film which gives it its name. «The octopus has two black diamond eyes,» it is reported in the same description.
An image of a replica of the egg (not the pendant from the incident) that appears in the movie Octopussy. This piece will be auctioned in 2022. Photo archive Niklas HALLE’N / AFP.In the 007 film, spy agent James Bond faces a criminal organization led by a woman nicknamed «Octopussy», whose emblem is an octopus.
With information from EFE, AFP AND AP
