Overview
- Police identified the suspect as 26-year-old Mehmet C. through fieldwork and camera analysis in Melikgazi, Kayseri.
- CCTV shows the thief using a stolen forklift to pry open a jewellery shop’s shutters and take about 150 grams of gold.
- Officers recovered the jewellery buried in a bag near a hayloft and returned it to the shop owner.
- Following arrest and police procedures, a local court remanded the suspect in custody.
- In his statement, the suspect cited drinking and financial difficulties, said he hot-wired the forklift, and used a donkey for travel, as widely shared footage shows.