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Law Enforcement Initially Suspicious of North Carolina Gold Heist

The crew of a truck carrying a load of gold bars had just pulled off the interstate in North Carolina when, the two men told police, a seemingly ordinary episode of carsickness turned into a multimillion-dollar heist. Three days later, …

Armed Robbers Nab $4.8M in Gold Bars off Armored Truck on North Carolina Highway

Shortly after dusk on Sunday along a lonely stretch of Interstate 95, armed robbers hijacked an armored truck, tied up the two guards and disappeared into the night with 275 pounds of gold bars. The guards working for Transvalue Inc. …

National Guard Armory Vehicles Worth Over $1M Destroyed by Fire in North Carolina

Investigators in Buncombe County, N.C., are looking into a fire at the Armed Forces National Guard Armory that destroyed two armored vehicles valued at $1.7 million. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports the fire occurred shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday at the …