Overview

• Two alleged ringleaders and two helpers are on trial for heavy gang theft, with several suspects in custody as hearings continue at the Landgericht Dresden.
• The group is accused of entering the site without a break-in by using a former security worker’s access card and timing raids for days when the facility was closed.
• Prosecutors outline a series of removals totaling about 7,000 new tires: 200 initially, then 1,400 on December 26, 2023, followed by two large pickups of roughly 2,800 tires each on March 29 and May 19, 2024.
• Investigators say the tires were advertised online, sold to buyers in Poland who dispatched multiple lorries, with reported receipts of about €60,000 and €240,000 for specific loads.
• Police monitored a planned October pickup, stopped the trucks and later arrested suspects, and a cooperating helper testified he earned €2,000 per load and named Marcel C. as the organizer.