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It was one of the most spectacular robberies in decades. Almost a year ago, historical jewels were stolen from the Green Vault in Dresden. Now the Berlin police have arrested three suspects.
Almost a year after the spectacular art robbery at the Dresden Green Vault, police arrested three suspects in Berlin that morning. The defendants were charged with serious gang robbery and arson in two cases, the Dresden prosecutor said. The detainees are German citizens and must appear before the examining magistrate today. According to the information of the investigators, they belong to the surroundings of the Berlin clan.
According to the police and the prosecution, more than 1,600 police officers led by Soko “Epaulette” are involved in the extraordinary large-scale operation. Currently 18 properties are being registered, including ten apartments, garages and vehicles. The police are deployed in several districts, the main focus being Berlin-Neukölln. The focus is “the search for stolen art treasures and possible evidence, such as storage media, clothes and tools,” Saxon police said on Twitter. According to the information, no artistic treasures have yet been found.
Important traffic restrictions throughout Berlin
At the end of November 2019, unknown persons penetrated through a window into the Green Vault, the famous treasury of the residential palace of the Saxon capital. In a matter of minutes, art treasures of barely measurable value were stolen from a display cabinet, including pieces of jewelry made of gold, diamonds and brilliant-cut diamonds. They then fled in a car which they later set on fire.
In that case there had already been several missions in Berlin. In September, the focus was on the production facilities; this may have been about the getaway car. Soko had already found evidence in an internet café and an apartment in Neukölln.
Due to the police operation, according to the police, significant traffic restrictions can be expected throughout the urban area of Berlin throughout the day. In addition to the Saxony emergency services, the special forces of the federal government and the states of Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia are also involved in the measures. The prosecutor wants to report on the results of the operation in the afternoon.
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Theft of jewels in the Green Vault
