Four wealthy Germans are to stand trial on Tuesday in Ingolstadt (D). They are said to have stolen the oldest Celtic gold treasure in a spectacular burglary at a museum in Manching, Bavaria. The highlight: the professional gang also hit us!
“This coup must have been carried out by absolute professionals,” the “Krone” quoted an employee of the supermarket in Mistelbach (Lower Austria) in September 2017, where a gang had looted an ATM at high speed. The woman was right, although it took many years before the German special SOKO “Oppidum” caught the burglars.
The Nobel gang earned eight million euros in loot
The highlight: This is apparently the group of perpetrators who two years ago stole the largest Celtic gold treasure found during 20th century excavations in a spectacular burglary at a museum in Manching, Bavaria. According to the newspaper ‘Bild’, the thieves disabled fourteen mobile phone masts around the Celtic Museum, broke open a display case and escaped within eight minutes with 483 gold coins dating from 2,100 years old.
A DNA trace on a blue crowbar found in a pond eventually led to the gang. These are four wealthy Germans, including 44-year-old Berlin wine merchant Maximilian S. The men are said to be responsible for dozens of coups with a total of eight million euros in loot. The Nobel Prize thieves will be tried next Tuesday at the Ingolstadt regional court in Germany.
In addition to the theft of the Celtic gold treasure, which was apparently melted down and only a few gold nuggets were found, there are numerous cases of serious gang theft. This also includes the supermarket burglary in Mistelbach.
Burglary like in a gangster movie
Dressed in black overalls with balaclavas, a crowbar, a screwdriver and an angle grinder, the burglary apparently took place like something out of a gangster movie: the Germans allegedly turned off the fuses of eight street lamps around what was then the Merkur market and cut the cables into the distribution box to disable the alarm system. They opened the emergency exit with a crowbar and opened the ATM there with an angle grinder – loot: 87,000 euros. They probably then doused the ATM with cleaning products from the market to cool it down and cover up any traces.
And a new burglary in Austria is said to have been committed by Celtic gold thieves. In October 2017, they broke into a supermarket in Krems (Lower Austria). There, the burglars filled the alarm system with construction foam and covered it with black tape. They destroyed the emergency lighting and opened a safe on the first floor containing 25,000 euros.
Bizarre techniques to hide traces
This time the gang covered up tracks with the contents of a fire extinguisher. In other cases they used ketchup, orange juice and Coca-Cola. The “Krone” will report on the sensational trial.
Source: Krone
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