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More than 1,000 items were stolen from the Oakland Museum of California at one of its off-site storage facilities on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at around 3:30 a.m.

The items stolen included Native American baskets, jewelry and other historic artifacts, along with laptops

Museum officials believe it was a theft of opportunity as the thieves "grabbed what they could easily find and snatch and get out of the building with," per CNN

More than 1,000 items are missing from the Oakland Museum of California following an early morning burglary.

The Oakland Police Department announced in a press release on Thursday, Oct. 29, that it was investigating the theft, which occurred just before 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 at the museum’s off-site storage facility.

The suspects broke into the facilit

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