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During a robbery at the main customs office in Emmerich, unknown persons stole around 6.5 million euros in cash from a safe.
Based on prior knowledge, the perpetrators entered the vault with the help of a central drill, as investigators announced Wednesday from Krefeld and Kleve.
€ 100,000 reward available
The robbery was professionally planned and carried out. The local police had already reported several times during the past week about the robbery, which occurred on November 1. On Wednesday, researchers released information on the amount of loot for the first time.
The customs administration praised a reward of 100,000 euros for information leading to the identification, capture and final conviction of the perpetrator or perpetrators or the recovery of the money.
According to current knowledge, three perpetrators are said to have broken into the building. According to the dpa, investigators are also checking whether there has been a leak at customs or the police. “That was my first thought: someone must have given a clue,” Attorney General Günter Neifer of the German press agency said on Wednesday.
Police search for one of the alleged perpetrators with photos
Witnesses heard drilling noises on November 1 around 6 a.m. and at around 10:45 a.m. they noticed the three dark-clad men in dark knit hats exiting the building multiple times to load a white van with Klever plates. . Then they continued with the truck.
Another witness also photographed a man pacing near the main customs office at the time of the crime. This suspect is now being publicly searched with the photos of the witness.
Those: wdr.de
