Car Theft - Police Arrest Two 16-Year-Old Suspects

This is what happened according to current knowledge:

At around 8:45 p.m., plainclothes police officers observed a VW Golf with a city identification for the Hochsauerlandkreis (HSK-) parked on Eichenweg near a restaurant. A query in the police research system revealed that the license plates had been stolen from a commuter parking lot in the Warendorf district on the same day.

During a short-term observation, the officers identified two young men. When they returned to the parked VW Golf, the officers temporarily arrested the 16-year-old suspects.

Further investigations on site revealed that the VW Golf had also been stolen. Unknown perpetrators had stolen the car, which was offered for sale on an online portal, during a sales conversation near Aachen on Sunday, January 12, 2025.

The officers seized the VW Golf as well as burglary tools and other stolen goods found in the vehicle. The current ongoing investigations are focusing on where the valuables came from.

The 16-year-old Germans, who have previously been involved in criminal activities, were temporarily arrested and taken to the Velbert police station. The criminal police took over further processing and are currently checking whether the two suspects will be presented to a magistrate on the orders of the public prosecutor's office on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.

For further inquiries, please contact:

Mettmann County Police Authority
Police Press Office
Adalbert-Bach-Platz 1
40822 Mettmann

Phone: 02104 982-1010
Fax: 02104 982-1028

Email: pressestelle.mettmann@polizei.nrw.de

Original content from: Aachen Police, transmitted by news aktuell