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March 26, 2013 / 10:36 AM

Workers charged with grave robbing

NAVARRE, Spain, March 26 (UPI) -- Police in northern Spain have arrested two workers on charges of removing gold teeth from corpses at a cemetery in Eibar.

The pair was apprehended following a routine police inspection of records at a gold trading stop, The Local.es reported Tuesday.

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Both men have been charged with handling stolen goods.

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