Burglary hunting: Crime in Mettmann and the surrounding area is alarming!

Burglary hunting: Crime in Mettmann and the surrounding area is alarming!

On Thursday night, a slump in Mariahilf caused a stir. At around 2:30 a.m., a resident was awakened by a loud noise and noticed two people in front of a shop whose disc was hit. One of the suspects, a 13-year-old, confesses to having broken the window with a stone to penetrate the restaurant. As passers -by, the two of them fled, but could be caught by the police in the grain market. The children who come from Syria and Afghanistan were reported for attempted burglary and handed over to their legal guardians, reported Today.at .

burglary series in the district of Mettmann

In the meantime, an increase in burglaries was registered in the Mettmann district. On Thursday, January 16, there have been several violent burglaries on ground floor apartments in an apartment building in Ratingen since the early hours of the morning. The perpetrators penetrated through apartment doors and searched the rooms for valuables. In another incident in a family home in Ratingen-Mitte, the burglars captured money from a winter garden, while the residents were probably not in the house. The police in Mettmann reported that several investigations have been initiated, but so far no perpetrators have been caught.

In addition, further break -ins were registered in Haan and Monheim am Rhein, where in several cases unknown perpetrators entered the apartments by violent opening of doors and windows and searched for valuables. The property damage amounts to several hundred euros. The police call up the population for caution and asks for clues to the incidents.