BERLIN — German police on Tuesday arrested three suspects and raided properties over a spectacular heist a year ago in which more than a dozen diamond-encrusted items were snatched from a state museum in Dresden.
Investigators were searching 18 properties in Berlin, including 10 apartments as well as garages and vehicles, in connection to what local media had dubbed the biggest art heist in modern history.
“The measures today are focused on the search for the stolen art treasures and possible evidence, such as data storage media, clothing, and tools,” police and prosecutors said in a statement.
The robbers had launched their brazen raid on the Green Vault museum in Dresden…
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