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The defendants are charged with serious gang robbery and arson in two cases: In connection with the theft of art in the Dresden Green Vault, the police arrested three suspects in Berlin. These will be presented to the examining magistrate later in the day, as announced by the Dresden prosecutor.
Since the morning, a total of 18 properties have been registered in the capital, among which are ten apartments as well as garages and vehicles. According to the authorities, there are almost 1,640 police officers on duty. The focus of the measures would be the search for stolen art treasures and possible evidence, such as storage media, clothing and tools.
In one of the most spectacular robberies of decades, strangers stole art treasures of barely measurable value from the famous Green Vault treasure chamber in Dresden in November 2019. Within minutes they stole historical jewelery from a display cabinet. They then fled in a car which they later set on fire. Read a reconstruction of the jewel theft here: An Ax and Eight Minutes.
Traffic obstructions are expected in Berlin all day
The focus of Tuesday’s searches was in the Berlin-Neukölln district. Due to the police operation, considerable traffic restrictions can be expected throughout the day in Berlin. In recent weeks, investigators had repeatedly followed tracks in the capital and searched various objects.
In addition to the Saxon emergency services, according to the police, the special forces of the federal government and the states of Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia also participated in the measures. . According to the Saxon police, the focus of the operation under the leadership of Soko »Epaulette« is »the search for stolen art treasures and possible evidence such as storage media, clothing and tools«.
