Man released without charge after Lipton Cup arrest

A 71-year-old man was arrested and released without charge in connection with the theft of the Lipton Cup from Glasgow’s Riverside Museum, Police Scotland said. The investigation into the historic trophy’s disappearance remains ongoing, and police have not reported that it has been recovered. Police Scotland said the cup was stolen from a display case during a housebreaking at the museum between 5pm on October 22 and 10am on October 23, 2025. The force said the man was arrested on November 5, 2026, and released without charge. Inquiries continue. The cup has been circulated as a stolen artefact through Interpol and other industry registers, according to police. It is described as a gold trophy with two handles, a detachable domed lid, a silver square plinth, an enamelled red, white and blue shield and gold ropework. The Lipton Cup was presented to Glasgow merchant Thomas Lipton in New York in 1930, after his fifth attempt to win the America’s Cup yacht race. Following Lipton’s death, the trophy was given to Glasgow. One report puts its value at £490,000, while another describes it as worth nearly half a million pounds. Glasgow Life, which oversees the city’s museums and...