Fifth suspect of "green cellar" treasure theft has been arrested in Germany a year and a half later

The German authorities arrested the fifth suspect in the crime of stealing priceless jewelry from the "Green Cellar" museum in Dresden, Germany, a year and a half after the crime, and it was found that the accused belonged to one of the famous criminal clans of Arab descent in Berlin.

The public prosecutor in Dresden announced today, Tuesday, that the suspect was arrested in a house yesterday evening, Monday, during a search campaign in the Neukölln district of Berlin, and the 22-year-old, who was looking for by the German authorities with an international arrest warrant, was transferred. The Fur to Dresden, where he appears before a judge to rule on his pretrial detention later in the day.

The museum's robbery shook the public opinion in the country.During a spectacular robbery, on November 25, 2019, the perpetrators stole priceless jewelry made of diamonds and precious stones, dating back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

In two raids on November 17 and December 14, 2020, the authorities arrested four suspects, and they have been in pre-trial detention since then, and the twin brother of one of the accused's investigators escaped at that time - and fled again in January 2021.

A year after its occurrence, the authorities succeeded in reaching the suspects, as police forces searched and raided Berlin in order to seize them and seize the invaluable stolen items.

The competent German authorities also carried out 18 raids of "apartments, garages and vehicles", especially in Berlin, in an attempt to retrieve the stolen pieces during the robbery of the Green Cellar Museum in Dresden. The authorities mobilized 1638 police officers in this process taking place in several German regions, according to a statement by the German Public Prosecutor's Office.

The investigators believe that the five young men are directly involved in the robbery, and they are accused of robbery and arson. The accused descend from the "Remo" clan in Berlin, and members of this large family were also convicted of other major crimes such as theft of gold coins from the "Bode" museum in Berlin in 2003. 2017.

Since last March, the authorities are also looking for four other men suspected of aiding and abetting the robbery of the "Green Crypt" museum. Their identity has not been revealed yet.

Authorities suspect that these four spied on the crime scene at the end of November, and thus participated in the preparation for the theft of the jewelry, as the image taken from a video camera published at the time showed the four inspecting the glass box from which the jewelry was subsequently stolen.

While the search for the main suspects in the crime ended successfully, the authorities have not yet found a trace of the stolen jewelry, which may be worth one billion euros, and investigations are still continuing.

It should be noted that the palace dates back to the sixteenth century, and the treasure room “green vault” was created between 1723 and 1730 by order of the prince of Saxony, August the Strong. The museum took its name from the drawings on its walls and rooms, which are dominated by green.