The federal police have arrested a 20-year-old in Swabia who is said to have stolen more than 3,000 Tonie figures. The man, who was wanted across Europe for 58 cases of commercial and gang-related theft, is suspected of having stolen, among other things, 3,357 Tonie figures worth almost 71,000 euros between November 2022 and January 2024, the federal police said on Tuesday with.
The characters, which are popular with small children, are placed on an associated so-called Toniebox, which then plays the corresponding radio plays.
The Magdeburg public prosecutor’s office has also been investigating the man’s whereabouts since May 2023 because of theft. The man was caught on Sunday while trying to enter Austria illegally by train. When the man was checked at Lindau-Reutin train station, the officers discovered that his passport had been manipulated and that the chip on the ID card had also been destroyed.
It also emerged that there was a Europe-wide arrest warrant from the Ingolstadt public prosecutor’s office against him. He was taken into custody. He was also reported for altering official ID cards and attempting to enter the country without permission.