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Police Publish New Images in Gelsenkirchen Sparkasse Heist

Police are circulating new surveillance photos showing suspects with red and green gloves to draw fresh tips in the Gelsenkirchen vault heist.

Overview

  • New parkhaus footage shows masked suspects, including one with red gloves and another with green, along with a black Audi RS6 and a white Mercedes van believed to have false plates.
  • Investigators report a flood of public tips but say there is no hot lead and no arrests, and they have set up a dedicated investigative structure to handle the workload.
  • The burglars entered through an adjacent archive and bored a large hole into the vault, opening almost all of the branch’s roughly 3,250 safe‑deposit boxes.
  • Authorities say the loss was initially gauged around the insured sum of roughly €30 million, cautioning the total could be a mid‑double‑digit million amount, while much higher media figures remain unconfirmed.
  • Sparkasse has closed the branch, opened a hotline, and told clients to compile inventories to support claims, noting standard coverage per box is about €10,000 to €10,300.