Overview
- Responders investigating a fire alarm on Monday found evidence of a large break‑in at the Sparkasse branch in Buer.
- Investigators report the burglars advanced from an adjacent parking garage and used specialist drilling equipment to breach the strongroom.
- Roughly 3,200 safe‑deposit boxes were forced open, with early loss estimates in the low tens of millions of euros.
- CCTV shows a high‑powered black car leaving the garage with masked occupants and a licence plate stolen in Hannover, and police are following witness leads.
- The bank closed access to the locker area, set up a hotline and plans postal notifications, while renters face a €10,300 per‑box liability cap and stringent documentation requirements for claims.