Overview

• Bundespolizei officers in Dresden stopped a transporter on September 13 and found two high-value wristwatches alongside burglary tools.
• Police verification connected one of the watches to a December 2015 apartment break-in in Oberhausen.
• Dresden authorities alerted Oberhausen police, and the 81-year-old owner identified the watch from photographs.
• The watch is being handed back to the owner, with police not reporting any arrests or charges from the stop.
• The case underscores how routine controls and shared records can resolve long-running property crimes with personal significance to victims.