Spain: police arrest 4 over stolen church tome
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Spain's Interior Ministry says police have arrested four people in connection with the theft of a priceless collection of 12th-century religious manuscripts.
A ministry spokeswoman said an electrician who worked at a cathedral in the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela from where the Calixtinus Codex was stolen a year ago was arrested along with his wife and son, and another woman.
The missing, richly-decorated tome is considered the first guide for people making the ancient Christian pilgrimage known as the Camino de Santiago, the Spanish name for the Way of St. James.
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The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with ministry regulations, said Wednesday police found some €1 million ($1.26 million) in a house belonging to one of the detainees.