Police strikes: Burglary couple in Gelsenkirchen caught!

Police strikes: Burglary couple in Gelsenkirchen caught!

Margaretenstraße, 45894 Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland - In a nightly campaign on Thursday, April 10, 2025, an attentive 23-year-old Gelsenkirchener made two suspected burglars of ding! At around 2:20 a.m., the resident heard suspicious noises from the basement of his apartment building on Margaretenstrasse and immediately alerted the police. As he watched the situation, he saw two men hastily left the hallway with a trolli and a bucket and fled towards Florastraße.

Thanks to the precise description of the resident, police officers were able to meet the two suspects not far from the crime scene. The perpetrators, a 22-year-old and a 55-year-old without a permanent residence in Germany, had numerous high-quality tools and electrical appliances in their possession that had been stolen from the basement. During a search, the police even found three broken padlocks in a jacket of a suspect. Both men were arrested and brought into police custody, while the investigation continues to run.