Stolen Shark Disguised as Baby in Stroller

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In a heist worthy of Ocean’s movie series three people stole a valuable shark from San Antonio Aquarium on Saturday, July 28, using a baby carriage to escape with the 3-foot-long horn shark.The aquarium said the horn shark, known as “Miss Helen”, was stolen from their tide pool exhibit during Shark Week. Police recovered the shark, who was said to be in good health, on Monday, July 30, and arrested one suspect, according to MySA.“The suspects staked out the pool for more than an hour to wait for this opportunity,” the aquarium said in a Facebook post. “Security footage indicated that the suspects brought their own net to capture the horn shark.”“The trio, with baby in arms, used the baby’s stroller and carried the baby while the shark rode in it,” it also said.Leon Valley police chief Joseph Salvaggio said one of the men grabbed the shark by its tail while the others wrapped it in a wet blanket and put it into a stroller.The suspects also went into a back room and put the shark into a San Antonio Aquarium bucket that contained a bleach solution, said said Jenny Spellman, the aquarium’s general manager, adding that the bleach might have shocked the shark’s system.Spellman also said the group attempted to pass the shark off as a baby. Credit: San Antonio Aquarium via Storyful