“It still keeps me awake.” The burglary of a telephone shop in Geldrop last December had a major impact on the owner of this business. The man was not only financially affected, but also suffered emotional damage, he said in Bureau Brabant on Monday.
The investigation program shows images of the squat for the first time. This shows that the perpetrators knew their way around the store on Kleine Kerkstraat. They had prepared well and knew exactly what to get where, the police said in the broadcast.
The burglars not only forced open the entrance door of the store. Inside they also managed to open some closed doors. They used, among other things, the so-called Bulgarian method. This involves turning a cylinder lock with pliers and then pulling it out of the door. This has been one of the most common methods of burglary for years.
The perpetrators also managed to disrupt the operation of the alarm in such a way that it could only be activated at a later time. This gave the two men free play for about half an hour. During that time, the locks of several display cabinets were broken. After the alarm went off, they left through the back door. They had also broken it open from the inside. The loot consisted of telephones, smartwatches and computer equipment worth several thousand euros.