As of: February 1, 2024, 2:36 p.m
By: Elisa Buhrke
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A series of break-ins in Munich fitness studios have been solved.
The alleged perpetrator was after luxury watches and jewelry.
Munich - The Munich police have solved a series of burglaries in fitness studios and arrested a suspect.
Between April 21 and 25, 2023, there were a total of eight locker break-ins in five different fitness studios in the Munich city area.
The studios were located in the districts of Altstadt, Au, Laim, Schwabing and Neuhausen, the Munich Police Headquarters reported on Thursday, February 1st.
Perpetrator steals watches and jewelry from Munich fitness studios
The perpetrator, who was still unknown at the time, gained access to the studios by issuing day passes and gave a false name.
He pretended to want to work out, but was observing other customers and their high-quality watches and jewelry.
After locating a potential victim, he observed the valuables being placed in a locker.
As soon as the victim left the locker, the perpetrator took the opportunity to force open the locker and steal the valuables.
A 33-year-old is suspected of stealing luxury watches and jewelry from Munich fitness studios.
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After extensive investigations, the responsible Commissariat 53 of the Munich criminal police was able to identify a 33-year-old Turkish-Swedish national without a permanent residence in Germany as a suspect.
The man was arrested in Frankfurt am Main on August 15 last year for a similar incident in a fitness studio and has been in custody ever since.
Stolen valuables in Munich are said to be worth almost 90,000 euros
The suspect is said to have stolen watches and jewelry worth a total of almost 90,000 euros in Munich, including six watches from two Swiss luxury watch manufacturers and a gold necklace.
The damage caused by the break-ins is estimated to be in the low four-digit range.
According to current knowledge, the 33-year-old is an internationally active perpetrator who specializes in luxury products.
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