Dramatic chase: ATM sprinkler arrested in Bavaria!
Dramatic chase: ATM sprinkler arrested in Bavaria!
Gmunden, Österreich - in Bavaria there was dramatic incidents on Friday night. Three suspects were arrested after giving up an ATM into Gmunden and are said to have stolen a car from a Maturant. The police discovered the suspects on their escape, who were traveling at over 200 km/h and initiated a large -scale search with numerous police vehicles and helicopters. The perpetrators, presumably from the Netherlands, had previously used a BMW X1 with German license plates and were able to escape at Burghausen before they caused an accident near Seewalchen, which led to the arrest of three of the four suspects. The fourth suspect is still on the run. However, an official confirmation of the arrests is still pending. Krone reports that the arrest is only the recent incident in a series of ATM sprinkles that have been increasing in Germany and especially in Bavaria for some time.
The incident receives special explosiveness from the alarming statistics on ATM blasts. In Germany there is a significant increase in these criminal acts, especially in Bavaria, where a total of 37 explosions were registered in 2022 - a new record. As the evening newspaper reports, over 50 explosions of a Dutch perpetrator group are assigned, which is also responsible for a total damage of 6.5 million euros. As part of current investigations by the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office, which has been running since November 2021, nine men between the ages of 25 and 41 have already been arrested in the Netherlands. This group is suspected of capturing a total of 5.2 million euros. [Evening newspaper] (https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/bayern/taten-auch-in-bayern-polay-geling-geling-glachtg against money machine-art-art-876676) indicates that a variety of arrest warrants have been obtained and that investigators may plan further action.
crime in focus
In recent years, the Federal Police and the Federal Criminal Police Office have repeatedly been reported to a number of ATMs sprinkling, which are often carried out by using fixed explosives and technical equipment such as cutting torches and angle grinders. These incidents usually occur in remote places and early morning hours, which increases the danger of uninvolved. As the [bka] (https://www.bka.de/de/unsereuflechen/delikts-ägäre/geldTomaten blasting/geldenzomat blasting_node.html), there has been a clear trend in the past five years; In particular, 392 explosions were registered in 2021, with more than half of the suspect Dutch citizens being.In order to counteract this problematic development, the Federal Ministry of the Interior has initiated preventive measures in cooperation with the BKA. Among other things, these include a “round table” to combat ATM blasts, which was launched on November 8, 2022. Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann pointed out that banks urgently need to take stronger security measures for their ATMs in order to reduce the number of attacks and to ensure the security of citizens.
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