700k Gold Dust Missing, Pfizer's medical research lab in St. Louis County, Minnesota, is missing $700,000 worth of gold dust. It is not clear for what purposes the pharmaceutical giant uses the precious metal.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, police are trying to determine whether it was lost or stolen.
The company alleged bought gold dust last year for use in research.
Gold experts believe it would be difficult for a thief to sell that amount of gold dust, which could weigh between 14 to 30 kilos (30 to 70 pounds), depending on its purity.
ANOTHER SOURCE:
Pfizer Inc.'s medical research lab in St. Louis County is missing $700,000 worth of gold dust, and police are trying to determine if it was lost or stolen.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Chesterfield police began an investigation this week after a Pfizer employee conducting inventory couldn't find the gold dust purchased last year for use in research.
Police Capt. Steven Lewis says no one is "sure if they just didn't account for it and it was used naturally, or if it was stolen or misplaced."
Pfizer said in a statement it is working with law enforcement and takes the matter seriously.
It wasn't clear what purpose the gold dust has in Pfizer's research.
Chesterfield is about 20 miles west of St. Louis.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, police are trying to determine whether it was lost or stolen.
The company alleged bought gold dust last year for use in research.
Gold experts believe it would be difficult for a thief to sell that amount of gold dust, which could weigh between 14 to 30 kilos (30 to 70 pounds), depending on its purity.
ANOTHER SOURCE:
Pfizer Inc.'s medical research lab in St. Louis County is missing $700,000 worth of gold dust, and police are trying to determine if it was lost or stolen.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Chesterfield police began an investigation this week after a Pfizer employee conducting inventory couldn't find the gold dust purchased last year for use in research.
Police Capt. Steven Lewis says no one is "sure if they just didn't account for it and it was used naturally, or if it was stolen or misplaced."
Pfizer said in a statement it is working with law enforcement and takes the matter seriously.
It wasn't clear what purpose the gold dust has in Pfizer's research.
Chesterfield is about 20 miles west of St. Louis.
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