(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A ring engaged in stealing Holy Scrolls from Polish synagogues and selling them abroad was discovered by the police.
The United States is the chief market for the disposition of the stolen Holy Scrolls. A young woman was arrested at the railway station in Bialy-stock with three stolen Scrolls.
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