Drug raid yields missing rare copies of the Book of Mormon
The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that two rare copies of the Book of Mormon stolen from the institute at the University of Utah last fall have been recovered.
SWAT teams from Murray and Midvale, conducting a routine drug raid, searched a home in the 400 East block of Larchwood Drive (6770 South) in Midvale about 9:30 p.m., according to a Midvale police press release.
In addition to finding methamphetamine, officers located an 1840 Nauvoo edition of the Book of Mormon and an 1841 Liverpool edition, valued at $35,000 and $25,000, respectively.
Church history crime doesn’t pay.
Police apparently also found a large stamp collection and sheets of old Salt Lake Herald newspapers dated from the mid to late 1800s, but they are still looking for the original owners.



Perhaps continued raids in Central/South America will turn up the Gold Plates.
Comment by Talon — April 19, 2006 @ 1:53 pm