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Life-size bronze lions stolen

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Police in West Palm Beach, Fla., say the theft of two 500-pound bronze lions had to have been a multi-person job.

The Hallak family placed the life-sized lions next to their driveway five years ago. Last week, they disappeared overnight along with a bronze fountain and birdbath, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The haul was worth an estimated $30,000.

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"It can't be one person," said Paul Miller, a spokesman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. "You would have to have a truck to haul it out of there."

There were no witnesses to the theft. All the Hallaks know is that the lions were there at 7 p.m. last Monday and gone at 8 a.m. Tuesday when Faez Hallak took the dog for a walk.

"It broke our hearts," his wife, Nadima Hallak, said. "I swear I won't ever prosecute as long as I get my stuff back."

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