Color metal thieves strike in Saxony - police investigate again!

In the Vogtlandkreis and Erzgebirge district, several burglaries with theft of expensive metals have recently been reported, which in total led to a considerable damage of around 90,000 euros. As Merkur , it occurred in Plauen, among other things, a burglary in a multi-family house, at the copper cable, among other things Copper pipes and electrical cables worth around 10,000 euros. The police are investigating suspicion of the particularly serious theft.

Another incident occurred in Grünhain-Beierfeld, where unknown people broke up several containers on a company premises and stole more than one ton of brass worth around 9,000 euros. Here the estimated minimum damage is only around 30 euros, but police work is intense in both cases.

unsuccessful colored metal theft in Plauen

On a Sunday morning, emergency services were called to the forest road in Plauen. As Blick reported, gas smell was perceived from an empty row house. Apparently, unknown perpetrators tried to steal the sunmall. When trying to cut through a copper tube, gas flowed out. The Plauen professional fire brigade was able to stop the gas out, which meant that the adjacent road had to be fully blocked during the fire brigade. The investigation into theft is in a particularly difficult case.