It was bracelets for these gem thieves.
Three members of the Crime Syndicate were arrested for the hero of a nearly 8 2.8 billion 18th-century jewel museum after a massive raid in Germany on Tuesday, but two of their accessories – and a jar of missing gems – are in the air.
A team of about 1,600 corps of federal special police forces and local agencies hit 18 locations in the sweep, focusing on Berlin’s Nucleon district and 10 apartments, garages and vehicles.
They had collaborated with three German nationals in connection with the dramatic Dresden Museum robbery since November 2019 – but failed to find two 21-year-old members of an organized crime family named as suspects.
They also failed to find any alleged uninsured gems, which once belonged to the Saxon ruler August Gust Strong and were snatched from the Green Vault inside the museum of the Royal Palace in Dresden.
“Of course we hope the jewelry sets will be found and they will be able to return to their original location soon,” said Marian Ackerman, director of museums in Dresden, calling the arrests an encouraging development.
However, Dresden police spokesman Thomas Githner acknowledged that “one year after the crime we have to find a lot of luck to find them.”
The attraction previously refused to value stolen items, calling them “invaluable”, but sources told Bild that it was worth at least ૨ 1.5 billion. One of his most famous treasures was a 1-carat Dresden “Green Diamond” on loan at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York at break-in, which was captured in surveillance footage.
The three arrested were identified only as German nationals, two 23-year-olds and one 26-year-old. He is scheduled to appear before an investigating judge on Tuesday.
Prosecutors say they belong to the so-called “Remo Clan,” a “Lebanese mafia” family whose members were jailed earlier this year in connection with the 2017 theft of the “Big Maple Leaf”, a 220-pound coin, in Berlin. The second largest in the world and never got back.
Abdul Majeed Remo and Mohamed Remo, both 21 – Two family members were identified as suspects in Dresden Hist, but were not located during Tuesday’s raid.
Dresden prosecutors said the five were charged with “serious gang robbery and two counts of arson”, according to the agency France-Press.
Berlin’s top security official, Andres Giselle, said the raids should be alerted to organized crime.
“No one should believe he has put himself above the rules of the state,” Giselle said.
Earlier, a 33 33,000,000 reward was offered for information leading to the capture of the perpetrators, but it was not immediately clear what led to Tuesday’s raids.
The legacy was captured in dramatic surveillance footage showing him entering the museum with an ax after the local power supply was cut off.
Police responded within five minutes – but the thugs had already fled.
The builders said the robbers first returned to the udi d, which was then abandoned and set on fire – turned into a Mercedes that was drawn to look like a taxi.
His booty includes a sword with a height of nine large and 770 small diamonds, and a shoulder piece containing the famous 49-carat Dresden white diamond, the Royal Palace of Dresden said.
The collection was compiled in the 18th century by August Gustus Strong, the elector of Saxony, and later the King of Poland, who ran and collected flashy jewelry as part of a rivalry with King Louis XIV of France.
Green Vault’s treasures survived the Allied bombings in World War II, only to be placed in the form of war loot by the Soviet Union. He returned to Dresden in 1958.
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