German authorities said Saturday that they have recovered a significant part of the 18th-century treasures stolen from Dresden's Green Vault museum in a spectacular break-in more than three years ago.
Prosecutors and police said in a statement that they secured 31 items in Berlin overnight, including "several pieces that appear to be complete." They were taken to Dresden, more than 160 kilometers away, where police and then officials from the authority that oversees the city's art collections plan to check their authenticity and examine whether they are intact.Saturday's statement gave no details of where exactly the items were found and in what circumstances.
Six men went on trial in Dresden in January, accused of gang robbery and arson over the Nov. 25, 2019, robbery. The German nationals were accused of stealing jewelry with a total insured value of at least 113.8 million euros . Prosecutors have said that the suspects laid a fire just before the break-in to cut the power supply for street lights outside the museum, and also set fire to a car in a nearby garage before fleeing to Berlin.
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