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Police Catch Three in Wurzen Hardware Store Burglary After Random Trailer Check

Police are investigating the incident as a particularly serious theft under German law.

Overview

  • The break-in occurred around 3:05 a.m. Monday at a hardware workshop on Dresdener Straße in Wurzen, near Leipzig.
  • Two suspects, aged 25 and 17, forced entry into the workshop to carry out the theft.
  • Stolen goods included rolls of reinforcement mesh and multiple packages of tiles.
  • A 24-year-old accomplice loaded the items onto a trailer hitched to a VW Passat before a passing patrol stopped to inspect it.
  • All three suspects were arrested on site, and police say the case is being pursued as a particularly serious theft with further procedural details pending.