Bullion load found
NZPA North Stonington (Connecticut) A truck hijacked early on Wednesday with SUSI.6M in unrefined gold and silver was found 16km away, covered with brush and with its precious cargo apparently intact, the Connecticut poiice have said. The truck was partially hidden in a heavily overgrown area. Trooper John McLeod said The sea) on the truck was apparently intact and the load of precious metals still' inside when the police found, the track. Mr McLeod said. Two masked men made' the hijack on interstate 95) in North Stonington. Con-i r.ecticut on Wednesday. Mr, McLeod said the two were' •till at large. Once a day, a tractor-trail-j er loaded with gold and silver roils secretly from a piant north of New York to' a refinery south of Boston. 1 Someone found out about' the run and waylaid the) truck near the Rhode Island! railway line. The driver, George Smith,! of Fairfield, told the police!' he was handcuffed and; chained to a tree by two i masked, armed men, but he I freed himself within 15 min-1 utes and made his wav to!, the police. He was unhurt, authorities said. ']
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Press, 23 June 1978, Page 6
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