Although what the authorities said at the time was that the value of the jewels was inestimable, the press immediately glommed onto a billion whatevers, dollars, euros, pounds.*
From US News & World Report, December 15:
German Police Make 4th Arrest Over Dresden Jewelry Heist
Police in the German capital have arrested one of two fugitive twins wanted in connection with the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum last year.
Police in the German capital have arrested one of two fugitive twins wanted in connection with the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum last year, officials said Tuesday.
Dresden police said 21-year-old Mohamed Remmo was arrested by Berlin authorities in a car in the Neukoelln district of the city on Monday evening.
Remmo and his twin brother, Abdul Majed Remmo, were being sought internationally after evading police during a massive sweep last month.
During that operation, three others were arrested in connection with the Nov. 25, 2019, theft of a large diamond brooch, a diamond epaulette and other treasures from Dresden's Green Vault Museum.
The suspects, aged 23 to 26, were charged with organized robbery and arson.
It was not immediately clear how police tracked down Mohamed Remmo, who was being taken to Dresden on Tuesday. They said they were still searching for his brother with “high intensity.”
Searches at more than a dozen locations have so far not yielded the missing treasures.
Members of the Remmo family were convicted earlier this year for a similarly spectacular heist, the theft of a 100-kilogram (220 pound) Canadian gold coin dubbed the “Big Maple Leaf" from Berlin's Bode Museum in 2017....
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A year ago the South China Morning Post was onto possible perps:
SCMP: "Leads on Dresden jewel heist suggest Arab clan involvement"
Investigators seeking links to theft of 100kg (220lb) gold coin – the Big Maple Leaf – from Berlin museum in 2017
Investigators probing a sensational heist of antique jewellery from Dresden's Green Vault Museum last month have in their sights Berlin-based criminal clans with an Arab background, a newspaper report said on Thursday.
And from Der Spiegel, December 2:In addition, a known clan member was found guilty recently of breaking into the premises of a company in Bavaria that makes the devices, the newspaper said....MOREThe burglars had made use of an hydraulic spreading tool of the kind used by emergency services, several of which had gone missing from the Berlin fire services, the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper reported.
Experts Fear Thieves Will Recut and Sell Diamond Treasures...MORE
*Seriously, how do you put a price on stuff like a diamond encrusted sword hilt :
