Almost 23 years after the coup of 50 million schillings in a luxury jewelry store in Salzburg, an Italian (54) is in prison. The detectives are especially pleased with the late search success. Because by now there was even a statute of limitations in the room. They didn’t get on track until January this year when the DNA database reported a hit in Italy.
On December 6, 2000, two gunmen left a luxury jewelry store in Salzburg with jewelry and bling bling worth 50 million schillings. For a long time people had given up hope and even feared the statute of limitations. Because: Serious robbery expires after twenty years. The joy in research circles is all the greater that a trial is probably still underway, reports the “Krone”.
Late DNA match led to suspect
Thanks to DNA traces, it had long been clear that at least one of the perpetrators had also attacked a bank in Innsbruck. Only in January was there a hit in the database. “We looked at the man’s previous life,” says Hansjörg Mayr of the Innsbruck public prosecutor’s office. Relevant criminal records were found in the criminal record, so that the statute of limitations has not expired. “We have issued an arrest warrant,” Mayr said.
where is the loot Where are the henchmen?
Italian police officers caught the 54-year-old at his workplace in Milan on May 16. It is hoped that he will provide information about accomplices and the whereabouts of the loot. There is no trace of the valuables. “At least 50 million schillings.” This is how the police estimated the value of the loot that the two armed men seized on December 6, 2000 in the Getreidegasse in Salzburg. Among them: a 90-carat gemstone from the czar’s treasury and a 300,000 schilling ring that a customer had brought in for repair.
Jeweler hopes for a just punishment
For public prosecutor Mayr, the arrest is significant because: “The perpetrators must know that they can also be prosecuted after a long time.” The jewelry store’s senior boss says, “I’m glad he got caught and hope for a fair punishment.”
Source: Krone
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