Norwich might not be the most likely location to find rhinos, but a gang of would-be rhino horn robbers recently struck there.
Police say the gang targeted the Norwich Castle Museum where they forced open a display case containing the head.
After failing to dislodge the horn -- which can sell for £50,000 per kilogram on the black market -- they tried to make off with the entire head.
However the heavy head slowed the four men and they were disturbed by museum staff who grabbed the rhino head and caused the men to flee.
A spokesperson for the museum said that as the robbers had paid to enter the museum and left empty-handed, they had done better of of the crime than the crooks.
Police say the gang targeted the Norwich Castle Museum where they forced open a display case containing the head.
After failing to dislodge the horn -- which can sell for £50,000 per kilogram on the black market -- they tried to make off with the entire head.
However the heavy head slowed the four men and they were disturbed by museum staff who grabbed the rhino head and caused the men to flee.
A spokesperson for the museum said that as the robbers had paid to enter the museum and left empty-handed, they had done better of of the crime than the crooks.