Part 4: 8-minute heist at the royal castle

Infiltrate the Royal castle

At around 4 a.m. on November 25, 2019, a fire broke out from the electrical distribution cabinet near the royal castle, causing the area to go dark and the alarm bell to stop working. After this operation, the two subjects immediately pushed aside the grilles in one of the windows on the lower floor, climbed inside, and approached the treasure trove where the jewelry collection of the Marquis of Saxony August and Marquis of Saxony was kept. His descendants were famous in Europe. What is worth mentioning, the group of "thieves" ignored the odd diamonds scattered on the floor, but stole more than 20 antiques made of 4,300 diamonds and many other precious stones, including the brooch of Mr. Saxon Queen Amalia Augusta had 660 precious stones, King Frederick Augustus I's belt had 15 large diamonds and a 49-carat Saxony white diamond. According to the museum, all are not insured, because it is difficult to price and the cost of this item exceeds the damage caused.

At this time, there were 2 security guards on duty at the scene. They discovered the thieves on the camera screen with pistols and silencers on their sides. They still calmly followed the instructions: call the police. The group of "thieves" took less than 10 minutes to commit the crime and escaped through the window, got into a parked Audi car, and left. Also according to the "magic eye" recorded, arriving at an underground bunker a few kilometers from the ancient castle, this group continued to get in a prepared car, looking very much like a taxi, not forgetting to pour gasoline and light the vehicle on fire. Audi. When police arrived at the scene, the group had escaped.

The value of the stolen treasure is likely to reach 1 billion euros, but because the jewelry is very recognizable, it cannot be sold on the black market, nor can it be saved as savings, so it must be solved. deal with cheap price; Meanwhile, the gemstones on the antiques from the 18th century have different, very recognizable cuts, so if they want to sell them, they will have to be polished again, causing their prices to drop quite a lot.

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Asking to exchange treasures for. Bitcoin (!)

Due to the complex nature of the theft, City Police. Dresden requested help from many sides. About a month later, the Israeli CGI Security Unit said it discovered a Saxony white diamond and the coat of arms of the Polish White Eagle Society appearing on a dark website, demanding $10 million worth of bitcoin in exchange. However, afraid of being traced, they did not respond.

From the "magic eye", Dresden City Police grasped the traces left by the thieves at the scene, while the Audi of the group of subjects was damaged as a result of the fire and modern cameras continued to operate even after a power outage. Before the theft occurred, there were 4 suspicious-looking subjects walking around the museum, especially stopping for a long time in front of the fenced window and observing the display cabinets for a long time; Among these, the face of a subject who looks like a member of the Remmo family, one of the Lebanese gangs with "octopus tentacles" in Berlin (Germany), with about 500 - 1,000 members, always "protects their reputation" emerged. Participate in the family at all costs'.

Remmo's "boss" is Issa Remmo (Kurdish, 54 years old) who grew up in a refugee camp in the capital Beirut (Lebanon). In the late 80s of the last century, Issa escaped to the German Democratic Republic and from there to Berlin, but because of strict regulations here and not being allowed to work, Issa's only way out was to commit crime to be able to make a living. self. From the "dirty" money earned from drug trafficking and extortion, this group of criminals gradually owned sports clubs, opened a series of coffee shops, fashion stores and continued to use them as fronts to guilty. One more detail that made the German Police put the Remmo family in their sights when in 2014, Issa's brother Tofiq organized a bank raid, stealing nearly 10 million dollars worth of cash, gold and jewelry. million euros, then set fire to erase traces and the "scenario" that happened in Dresden this time is similar. Three years later, the Remmo family continued to break into Berlin's Bode Museum to steal 100kg of gold coins worth $4.3 million. Even though the subjects were arrested, the evidence was nowhere to be found!

In this theft at the royal castle, DNA traces of Wissam Rembo (23 years old), the person who broke into the Berlin Bode Museum, were found on the fence and in the burned-out Audi. It was Wissam who pulled the hydraulic wedge and pried open the iron bars on the treasure window.

In March 2020, the police found the previous owner of the Audi and helped restore the image of the buyer: a young man about 25 years old, with a long beard. Six months later, the investigation agency discovered the Internet cafe where the thieves bought SIM cards and traced the identities of these subjects. Eight months later, 1,500 police raided and searched dozens of apartments in Berlin, arresting three people, including Wissam Remmo. Next, Mohamed Remmo (21 years old) was arrested in Neukolln and from May to early September 2021, all four remaining subjects were caught, charged with theft and serious arson.

However, the stolen jewelry up to that point could not be found and according to some art critics, "if it fell into the hands of criminals, it would likely stay there forever for the above reasons." .

(To be continued.)

Lesley Montoya

Update 25 April 2024