After months of investigation have investigators on Wednesday morning in Cologne, in the Hessian town of Rödermark and in Bondy, near Paris, 19 objects of a suspected burglar gang searched. Eight of nine this arrest warrants had been enforced, informed the police and the public Prosecutor’s office in Cologne in the Morning. In addition, properties were seized.

The Suspects are expected to mainly have older people break their savings brought. In addition, they are accused of welfare fraud. The members of the group belonged to a from the former Yugoslavia stem with the large family said in a statement. In the case of the access in France, Cologne investigators have supported the French colleagues.