Investigations - Spectacular armored car robbery still unsolved
The investigation into the robbery of a cash-in-transit van near Gützkow (Vorpommern-Greifswald district) will continue to keep investigators busy in 2024. So far, no further suspects have been arrested, Martin Cloppenburg from the Stralsund public prosecutor's office said in response to an inquiry. A first suspect had already been arrested in Lower Saxony shortly after the robbery at the beginning of March because he is said to have committed another robbery with accomplices near Wiefelstede. The man is still in custody, Cloppenburg reported. "The investigations here are expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2024."
According to the police, the perpetrators stole around 3.1 million euros during the robbery on the Autobahn 20 near the Gützkow exit. The robbers had intercepted the money transporter as it was on its way from Greifswald to Neubrandenburg to take money to the Bundesbank. They stopped the security vehicle at a fake construction site with the help of cars and concrete blocks and darkened the windshield with paint. After stealing the money, they set fire to the van. The two security guards were unharmed.
Cloppenburg said that further details about the course of the robbery had not yet been clarified. After the incident, the authorities had also investigated a connection with another cash van robbery that took place in Potsdam in January. However, this has not yet been confirmed, according to the spokesman for the public prosecutor's office.
In August, the authorities offered a reward of 10,000 euros for information leading to the capture of the armed perpetrators and their helpers. The case was also the subject of the ZDF program "Aktenzeichen XY... Unsolved". According to the police, new tips were received after the broadcast - but there was no hot lead.
Police announcement from March Police and public prosecutor's office announcement from August
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- The armored car robbery near Gützkow, located in the Western Pomerania region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, remains a mystery for the local police and the county of Vorpommern-Greifswald's public prosecutor's office.
- Despite the ongoing investigation into the past year's turn of the year incident, the authorities in Stralsund have yet to make any significant progress in identifying and arresting the suspects involved in the heist.
- The suspected mastermind behind the theft, reportedly equipped with accomplices, previously faced charges in Lower Saxony for committing a similar robbery near Wiefelstede.
- With the main suspect still in custody, the public prosecutor's office expects to wrap up their investigations concerning the robbery in the first quarter of 2024.
- The perpetrators managed to swipe approximately 3.1 million euros from the money transporter as it traveled from Greifswald to Neubrandenburg for deposit at the Bundesbank, exploiting a fake construction site and obstructing the vehicle's visibility.
- Despite efforts initiated by both the police and public prosecutor's office, along with public appeals and television broadcasts, no substantial leads have emerged in the hunt for the criminal gang responsible for the armored car robbery in Vorpommern-Greifswald.
Source: www.stern.de
