A tip about a swerving van leads police to 66,000 US silver coins in a fraud case
Norwegian police recovered 66,000 U.S. silver coins during a money laundering investigation after a tip about a swerving van. Officers stopped the vehicle in Baerum, near Oslo, in April 2025. The discovery followed a yearslong search for the coins linked to a fraud case.
On a yearslong hunt for thousands of U.S. silver coins squirreled away in Norway, police investigating a money laundering case finally got a lucky break: A tip about a van swerving on a highway outside Oslo last year. When officers pulled the vehicle over for inspection, in Baerum, west of the capital, in April 2025,...
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