Overview
- The renewed search, which began Monday at the suspect’s property in Plate near Schwerin, uses ground radar, X‑ray scans and gold‑detection dogs with support from international specialists.
- On the second day, investigators added a mobile X‑ray van from customs to scan small items taken from the house, sheds and garage, and no significant find has been announced.
- Police are looking for 411 missing coins—about three kilograms of gold—and a casting they believe were professionally hidden on the property, and they also expect possible stashes of cash from other break‑ins.
- The operation runs under the direction of prosecutors in Ingolstadt as part of a fresh case focused on suspected money laundering involving the main suspect and his partner.
- The main suspect remains in custody after a July 2025 conviction tied to the museum theft that is not yet final, and only about 500 grams of melted gold have been recovered since the arrests.