A short drill hole in the side door, a few movements with the hacksaw, and the transporter is open – and a lot of expensive tools are gone.
Installer Frank Mrazek (62) from Staaken became a victim of the lousy van crackers. The week before last, on Friday night (March 18), thieves broke into his VW T5 Bulli and stole tools worth several thousand euros.
Crime scene: The gateway, directly in front of his front door. Damage: around 10,000 euros.
The door alone costs 3,000 euros, plus painting, lettering, installation and removal. “The criminals will be back in four weeks and steal the brand new tool,” says Mrazek. “You can’t sleep anymore.”
Unbelievable: The night before, thieves had already broken into the van of one of his colleagues in Dallgow (Havelland). “The colleague now has orders to carry his tools to his apartment on the second floor every night.”
Electrician Klaus Ratzmann (64) reports something similar. Unknown persons broke the door of his Renault Traffic in a parking lot on Brunsbütteler Damm, three weeks later the rear door. Shortly thereafter, his Nissan van was broken into.
“In the past, the locks were picked or the doors pried open,” he says. “I have never experienced anything like it.”
According to Frank Siebert (59), branch manager of the plumbing and tool trade Hellmich, the cases have been increasing lately. “Monthly, craftsmen come to me whose cars have been broken into like this,” he says. “They often buy additional tools for 3,000 or 5,000 euros.”
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The thieves apparently sell their loot for little money on the black market.
By the way: The police crime statistics (PKS) for 2021 also show that thefts from vehicles are increasing. The number of these offenses rose from 28,000 to 31,500 – an increase of twelve percent!
