Law enforcement authorities are seeking to recover a number of items of high national historical value that have been stolen from the Barbados Parliament Museum.

As first reported by the Sunday Sun newspaper, the stolen items comprise several priceless artefacts including the jacket that Barbados’ first Prime Minister Errol Barrow wore on November 30th, 1966 during the ceremony to mark the transition of this country from being a British colony to being an independent self-ruled state.

The items were stored in glass cases that were found shattered, although no one appears to be certain exactly when the break-in occurred.

According to the Sunday Sun, more than twenty artefacts have gone missing including items that belonged not only to Mr. Barrow but also to former Premier Sir Grantley Adams and his son the late former Prime Minister Tom Adams.

Starcom Network News’s investigations indicate that the authorities are working on the theory that the items may have been taken by a well-known street character who had been sleeping on the parliament compound after being removed from the nearby Treasury Building area as part of a clean-up of that location.

Starcom Network News understands that the street character is reported to have been seen wearing Mr Barrow’s jacket and that the police are now working to recover the historical item.