Crime

Gang robs cash truck with rocket launcher

Police are searching for men who witnesses say used an antitank rocket launcher to threaten and rob a truck transporting money in Dortmund on Saturday.

Crime

Pickpockets hitting rail passengers: police

Thieves are making a fortune in Germany's train stations, police have warned, as they launch a campaign to try and tackle the country's growing number of pickpocketing cases.

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Drunken art theft 'marked World Cup victory'

A Nuremberg court on Tuesday handed down suspended jail sentences to two students who tried to steal a painting worth €900,000 in July during a drunken celebration of Germany's World Cup victory.

Crime

Fake police steal from Berlin tourists

Police arrested three men on Thursday evening for stealing from unsuspecting tourists in Berlin by pretending to be police officers conducting a search.

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Police search for seven stolen pregnant cows

Cattle thieves have broken into a dairy farm near Hamburg and stolen seven pregnant cows. They were worth over €10,000 and on Monday were still missing.