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Police Investigate VW Golf–Assisted Break-In at Timmendorfer Strand Jeweler

The case fits a string of high-value burglaries targeting jewelers this year.

Overview

  • The break-in was reported around 3:40 a.m., and the perpetrators had fled before officers arrived.
  • Police estimate losses in the six-figure range after valuables were removed from several display cases.
  • Investigators secured a VW Golf at the scene and preserved forensic traces, with Kriminalpolizei Bad Schwartau treating the case as a particularly serious theft.
  • According to a reporter on site, the attackers used a VW Golf to breach bollards, rip out a heavy security shutter, and pry open an inner door with crowbars.
  • Police issued a public appeal for information, asking witnesses to call +49 (451) 220-750 or email [email protected].