German police recover bulk of booty from $120 million Dresden diamonds heist - Reuters

BERLIN, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Most of the jewels stolen from a historical Dresden creation postulation successful 2019 successful a $120 cardinal heist person been recovered, German constabulary and prosecutors said connected Saturday.

The 31 pieces, including a bosom prima of the Polish Order of the White Eagle and an ornate diamond head-dress, had been secured by investigators successful Berlin, authorities said.

Their instrumentality followed negotiations betwixt prosecutors and defence lawyers for the Germans who are connected proceedings for the November 2019 break-in astatine the Gruenes Gewoelbe (Green Vault) Museum.

In all, the pieces stolen from 1 of Europe's top creation collections contained much than 4,300 diamonds with an estimated worth of much than 113 cardinal euros ($120 million).

Prosecutors judge the thieves sawed done portion of a model grating successful beforehand and reattached it to get into the gathering arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable during the heist.

The returned pieces volition beryllium examined by specialists "to corroborate their authenticity and intactness," authorities said.

Pieces inactive missing see an epaulette connected which a precious chromatic known arsenic the Dresden White Diamond was mounted.

($1 = 0.9450 euros)

Reporting by Thomas Escritt; editing by John Stonestreet

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