Leipzig (dpa / sn) – After the sensational burglary with a car in a Leipzig jewelry store, witnesses found the car they were looking for. They discovered the car on Monday evening in the south-west of the city about eight kilometers from the crime scene, a police spokesman said on Tuesday. It is a blue vehicle that was reported stolen in Leipzig over the weekend. It was badly damaged in the front area. Investigators secured the car, according to the spokesman. So far there is no information about the perpetrators. The “image” had previously reported about it.

Three strangers had driven the vehicle into the jewelry store in the city center on Monday night. They rammed the store’s entrance several times with their car. Investigators found a false license plate in the store. According to the police, the perpetrators made no loot. In April 2021, there had already been a lightning burglary in the same jewelry store.