The BRFK shared a heartwarming video about the return of the stolen Olympic gold medal to its rightful owner.
Gábor Molnár r. lieutenant colonel is an experienced police officer. Currently the XV. Head of the District Police Department. He worked as a detective. He had high profile, big cases related to organized crime. Yet he says it's his life's work. The most important - the Budapest Police Headquarters began its report.
It all started with a sneak.
On the night of September 3 of this year, K. Roland, unknown to us at the time, sneaked into a XV. to a family house in the district, from where he took chocolates and a gold medal. Not just any gold medal. The most important, the most expensive, an Olympian's gold medal. The owner of the house, Olympic champion swordsman László Csongrádi, won the gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul as a member of the Hungarian sword team.
The XV. The District Police Department launched an investigation into the theft. Investigating the case, the investigators immediately guessed that it could be a series; because the perpetrator, who was still unknown at the time, moved very confidently in the house.
During the investigation, a 46-year-old man came into view, who is suspected of stealing in a total of 21 cases between March 13 and October 29, 2024 - mainly by stealth. He took everything he could find: a drill, a saw, a lawnmower, a tile cutter, a coffee maker, a spray gun, a bicycle, a car tire, a vacuum cleaner, a drink, a Christmas tree base, Legos, a fishing rod, a leather jacket, a ladder, porcelain, a thermal camera, a hammer, money, and that certain gold medal; which he then sold to someone who sold it on to a metal dealer. The police found him there.
46-year-old K. Roland was arrested by the court. So we got the gold medal back and found some kind of happiness that makes this work worth doing.
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