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Feb 6 • 06:42 UTC • 🇸🇪 Sweden • Aftonbladet

Attempted to Smuggle 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite

Russian customs authorities have intercepted an attempt to smuggle a 2.5-ton fragment of the famous Aletaite meteorite, declared as a garden sculpture, to the UK.

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