Keller broken down in Altenburg: Police are looking for witnesses!

Keller broken down in Altenburg: Police are looking for witnesses!

Grüntalstraße, Altenburg, Deutschland - alarm in Altenburg! Unknown burglars struck in an apartment building on Grüntalstrasse in the night from November 5th to November 6th, 2024. In a brazen act of crime, the perpetrators collapsed in a total of three cellar boxes. The police report that the burglars violently entered the basement and searched them through. But the surprise: nothing has been stolen! Happiness for the victims, but the question remains: Who are these unscrupulous perpetrators?

The police asks for information

The Gera State Police Inspection has taken up the investigation and is now looking for witnesses who have noticed something suspicious. Anyone who has information about this incident can contact the Altenburger Land police on the reference number 0287317/2024. It is another case that illuminates the worrying crime rate in the region, where burglaries and thefts occur more and more.

The crime statistics show that burglaries in Germany are a serious problem. In 2022 there were about 1.8 million thefts, an increase of 20 percent compared to the previous year. The clarification rate varies strongly: While almost 90 percent of the cases are informed in the case of shoplifting, the quota for money theft is only 7.9 percent. The number of unreported cases is high because many cases are not reported. A simple theft can be punished at up to five years in prison, while severe theft can even be drawn up to ten years in prison.