{"id":172306,"date":"2021-12-11T20:51:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T21:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=172306"},"modified":"2021-12-12T12:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T12:59:57","slug":"epic-breakthrough-in-search-for-treasured-maradona-item","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=172306","title":{"rendered":"Epic breakthrough in search for treasured Maradona item"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police in India's north-eastern state of Assam say they have recovered a stolen watch that once belonged to Argentine football legend Diego Maradona<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Assam state police chief Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said the luxury Hublot watch signed by Maradona was recovered from a man's possession after he was arrested from his home in the district of Sivasagar, 350 kilometres east of Gauhati, the state capital.<\/p>\n

Police said the man was working as a security guard at a company in Dubai that stores the belongings of the legendary Argentinian athlete. It said the man stole the watch last week and returned to India a few days ago.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA costly Hublot watch … Maradona … Dubai … Assam Police. Looks like random words, don\u2019t they? But today all these words came together nicely, stating a story of successful international co-operation between #DubaiPolice and @assampolice,\u201d police chief Mahanta tweeted.<\/p>\n

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The state's top elected official, Himanta Biswa Sarma, said authorities would initiate legal action against the man.<\/p>\n

Maradona, 60, died last year of a heart attack following a brain operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He led Argentina to a 1986 World Cup victory and is considered one of the greatest players ever.<\/p>\n

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