Cologne - Marie figures stolen from graves and willfully sawed. Grave robber frightened at nothing. Currently, dozens of statues fill the Asservatenkammern the Cologne police stations.
Seizures in recent weeks, discovered behind bushes at cemeteries. Stolen sawed, ready for shipment: Metal thieves strike heaped on Cologne's cemeteries. "We were in the top fifteen ads per week," says Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Klee (44) from Chorweiler.
Then there are the cases where the police found could be found in cemeteries Metallfiguren not injured. These figures then end up in Asservatenkammern.
More characters, more Klau, more victims who complain to the police. Christoph Klee: "Less physical damage makes people more likely to feel that deceased relatives have been shamefully robbed."
As the perpetrators act boldly in Chorweiler, describes the cemetery gardener Stefan Bender (24): "They came with backpacks, have looked. Later, they then revert to the figures collected and brought to the edge of the cemetery, taken away. "
The police continue to ask for advice, looking for victims: 0221 / 229 0
