Gold-digging 'mole people' busted for diving into manhole near NYC hotel
Two Venezuelan citizens, Kevin Rodriguez and Samuel Reveron, were arrested in Queens for allegedly entering NYC sewers to search for valuables like gold, confirming a theory behind recent sightings of "mole people." They were caught near a hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stayed, but authorities believe their motive was treasure hunting, not terrorism.
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This incident sheds light on an unusual urban phenomenon in NYC, revealing a unique form of treasure hunting in the city's infrastructure and dispelling fears of more sinister motives behind the "mole people" sightings.
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A chunky CHUD busted for allegedly diving into a Manhattan manhole may help solve the mystery behind the invasion of “mole people” spotted emerging from the city’s sewers in recent months.
Kevin Rodriguez, 26, and his fellow Venezuelan citizen Samuel Reveron, 25, were arrested in Queens Thursday after romping in the tunnels underneath a hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stayed for the United Nations General Assembly, cops and sources said.
But the pair weren’t spies or would-be terrorists – they were fishing for discarded or lost treasures in the city’s steamy depths, prosecutors said.
“We go into the sewer and look for valuables that get stuck in the storm drains and sewers, gold, anything of value,” Reveron allegedly told a police officer after his arrest.
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