Stolen Soviet-era Second World War tanks recovered in Poland
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By The Associated Press
Published: February 12, 2009 8:43 AM
WARSAW, Poland — Polish police say thieves stole four Soviet-era tanks that were being used for target practice at an army test range.
Each weighs more than 18 tonnes and police suspect they were stolen for scrap metal.
The T-34 and T-55 tanks were taken Tuesday night from the range at Jagodne in eastern Poland.
Police spokeswoman Anna Smarzak says today that three of the Second World War-era tanks were found at a private car park in Lublin while the other was found aboard a trailer en route to a steel mill.
The tanks had been stripped of their engines long ago.
Smarzak says that two suspects from the nearby city of Lublin are being detained and questioned.
