![]() They smashed a glass display case with an ax and took three sets of jewelry.Īccording to the director of the Green Vault, the suspects would have had about one minute after destroying the case to take all they could. Security camera footage showed two suspects entering the room, waving flashlights across the black-and-white-tiled floor. Security cameras captured the thieves in action Image: Reuters/Saxony Police Department The thieves stole three priceless sets of 18th-century jewelry in a matter of minutes. The gang then cut through iron bars and broke into the Green Vault. ![]() ![]() It destroyed the building's power box, disabling some of the alarm systems. On November 25 at 4 a.m., the burglars started a fire near the Grünes Gewölbe museum, known as the Green Vault in English. ![]() Here's a look back at the events and the main facts surrounding the brazen heist: How the theft happened on November 25, 2019 Police have arrested three suspects, but there is still no trace of the loot experts fear the jewel-encrusted works of art have been broken up and will never be recovered. Last Tuesday's large-scale police raids in Berlin were just a week short of the actual day on which, one year ago, thieves broke into Dresden's Grünes Gewölbe museum and stole invaluable historical pieces. ![]()
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