As of: 01/30/2022 6:00 p.m
Police officers from Essen and Dresden searched an apartment in the south of Essen together on Saturday. The raid apparently has to do with the jewel robbery from the Green Vault in Dresden.
More than two years after the spectacular theft of jewels from the historic Green Vault in Dresden, the police searched a house in the south of Essen. Security circles confirmed to MDR and the German Press Agency that the raid was related to the investigation into the Green Vault.
Forces from Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia were deployed. First, the “image” reported on searches on Saturday evening. The Dresden public prosecutor only confirmed that there was a search in meal have given.
Police searched for cavities
The officers in Essen searched an apartment in the apartment building, the basement and the attic. A sonar device was also used to find possible voids in the walls. Whether the police could find anything is the subject of the investigation, it said.
The robbery of the century caused a worldwide sensation
Historical Green Vault in Dresden
Image: dpa
The spectacular coup in Dresden on November 25, 2019 made headlines around the world. 21 pieces of jewelery were stolen from the treasury museum in the Residenzschloss, which were set with 4,300 diamonds and brilliants. Total value: at least 113.8 million euros.
process has just started
The trial against six suspects at the Dresden Regional Court only began on Friday (01/28/22). Because of the age of two of the accused, the Greater Criminal Court is acting as a juvenile chamber and in a specially secured hall of the Higher Regional Court. She has scheduled 64 days of negotiations, so the process could last until the end of October.
The “Current Hour” reports on this topic.
Source: wdr.de
messages out