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Cigarette machine broken into: Two Georgians arrested!
Two men from Georgia were arrested in Wittenberg for serious theft from a cigarette machine.
Cigarette machine broken into: Two Georgians arrested!
In the early morning darkness of June 16, 2025, two men in Bergwitz, a district of Kemberg, carried out a daring robbery with a cigarette machine. How stern.de According to reports, the police were alerted when passers-by heard noises that suggested a break-in. The officers immediately arrived early in the morning and were able to arrest one of the suspects directly at the scene, while the second was caught nearby. However, a third accomplice escaped undetected.
The two people arrested, a 25-year-old and a 26-year-old from Georgia, were not alone. They are accused of forcibly opening the ATM and stealing cash together with an accomplice who is currently on the run. The stolen property and the tools used were confiscated by the police, which significantly strengthens the evidence for the public prosecutor's office. The material damage is estimated at a mid-four-digit amount volksstimme.de determines.
The investigation is ongoing
After the arrest, the two men were ordered to be remanded in custody on Sunday evening. An investigating judge at the Dessau-Roßlau district court issued the relevant arrest warrants. Despite the arrests, the third accomplice, who managed to evade arrest, remains on the run.
The incident in Bergwitz is part of the rising crime rate in Germany, which has been on red alert since 2022. Loud Statista Last year, around 1.78 million thefts were recorded by the police, which represents an increase compared to previous years. Shoplifting, bicycle and car break-ins were particularly common.
A look at the numbers
The statistics show that thefts in Germany are still the focus of investigators, especially in areas where attributes of violence often come into play. Theft and robbery are an increasing problem not only in North Rhine-Westphalia, where the rate of home break-ins is high, but also in small communities like Bergwitz.
Citizens are worried. “You start to worry when something like this happens on your own doorstep,” says a concerned resident. However, police remain optimistic that the arrest of the two men can lead to the solving of the case and the arrest of the third accomplice.