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They are said to have stolen equipment worth around 115,000 euros from Bundeswehr locations.
Now four soldiers in Eckernförde have to answer in court.
Eckernförde - From Thursday, four soldiers will have to answer for gang theft in the Eckernförde district court.
The defendants, aged 22 to 28, are accused of stealing Bundeswehr equipment worth a total of around 115,000 euros, a court spokeswoman reported in Kiel on Monday.
The acts are said to have occurred between January 28th and May 22nd, 2022.
The “Kieler Nachrichten” had previously reported on the upcoming trial.
According to the court, the public prosecutor's office is accusing the men in a total of four cases in different constellations of gang theft, damage to property and conspiring to commit a crime, specifically serious arson.
The men are said to have committed burglaries in various Bundeswehr buildings.
The crime scenes were Alt Duvenstedt (Rendsburg-Eckernförde district), Eckernförde and Seedorf in Lower Saxony.
They wanted to create a source of income by reselling the equipment.
In one case, the defendants are said to have intended to cover up signs of a break-in by setting fire.
According to the information, this ultimately did not happen.
In a further indictment, the public prosecutor's office accuses a 22-year-old of having handled explosive substances as an adolescent in Itzehoe on May 22, 2022, among other things, without the necessary permission under the Explosives Act.
The soldier is said to have possessed or manufactured various weapons without permission.
He is accused of violating the War Weapons Control Act.
During a search, emergency services found weapons and various items used to make explosives and explosive devices.
So far, seven days of hearings have been scheduled for the trial before the district court.
Verdicts could come in mid-March.
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