Overview
- Berlin police and prosecutors detained men aged 41 and 62 this week in the November theft of the club’s Meisterschale.
- A judge ordered pretrial detention for the 41-year-old, while the 62-year-old was released after police measures.
- Searches in Berlin and Brandenburg recovered gold valued in the low six figures, €15,000 in cash, a smelting furnace and a truckload of other evidence.
- Officials also found a melted sterling silver ingot that may contain parts of the trophy, which will be tested.
- Authorities conducted related measures in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and ongoing analysis could connect the suspects to additional break-ins.