THE EUROPA LEAGUE trophy was stolen after being displayed at a publicity event in Mexico, only to be recovered a few hours later, authorities in the state of Guanajuato said on Saturday.
The trophy had been on display at the football stadium in the city of Leon on Friday night, only to be taken from a car after the event.
“We recovered the Cup after receiving information that it had been stolen from the car transporting it,” said a post on the Twitter account of the Guanajuato public prosecutor, alongside a picture of the trophy in a case.
#PGJEInforma Que a través de elementos de la @AIC_Guanajuato es recuperada la copa @EuropaLeague tras recibir la denuncia que había sido robada del vehículo que la trasladaba posterior a un evento en @municipio_leon. pic.twitter.com/TF8sKjVRAe
— PGJE (@PGJEGUANAJUATO) April 20, 2018
No other information was given about who took the trophy, where it was found or whether any perpetrators had been identified.
The event had been organised by one of European football governing body Uefa’s sponsors.
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Arsène Wenger is thought to be the prime suspect!!!
@Paul Linehan: Well he is a notorious voyeur checking out Jose’s property
Now take and leave it safely in Madrid.
It’s a much nicer looking trophy than the European cup
Id ask the question why was a “european cup” was in Mexico??
Pickles.
That’s the second time it was stolen this year ? Man Utd stole it in may LOL