Theft series in Lichtenberg: Police are looking for affected craftsmen!

Theft series in Lichtenberg: Police are looking for affected craftsmen!

The Berlin police are faced with a theft series that affects craftsmanship vehicles in particular. In the past few months there have been numerous incidents in which perpetrators deliberately stole tools from parked vans. After a successful access to two suspects in January 2025, which took place on the night of 28th to 29th

In these nightly missions, two people were arrested who were caught when trying to rob a craftsman car. When searching their escape cars, a Skoda Fabia and a VW Passat, the officers discovered a variety of machine tools that clearly come from at least five craftsmen. The thieves had hit the rear windows of the vehicles in particular to get the valuable equipment. The incidents occurred in the postcode areas 10315, 10318 and 10319. The police suspect that the suspects have left other vehicles that have not yet been known to the authorities.

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The incident caused the police to have owners of craftsman vehicles whose cars may have been broken up during the night to ask for help. The officials want to find out whether there are other victims whose vehicles have not yet been taken into account in the investigation. Those affected are asked to report immediately to the automotive commissariat of the Police Directorate 3 (East). Contact persons can be reached on the telephone number (030) 4664-372231 or by email at dir3k22@polizei.berlin.de. When contacting the process, the process number 250129-0430-401286 should be specified.

The police evaluate the machine tools previously seized, which have so far not been assigned to the respective criminal charges in order to collect further information. It is to be hoped that the search will lead to further arrests and the clarification of further cases.