German authorities mentioned Saturday that they’ve recovered a major a part of the 18th-century treasures stolen from Dresden’s Inexperienced Vault museum in a spectacular break-in greater than three years in the past.

Prosecutors and police mentioned in a press release that they secured 31 gadgets in Berlin in a single day, together with “a number of items that seem like full.” They had been taken to Dresden, greater than 160 kilometers (100 miles) away, the place police after which officers from the authority that oversees town’s artwork collections plan to test their authenticity and study whether or not they’re intact.

Some outstanding gadgets are nonetheless lacking, authorities mentioned.

Saturday’s assertion gave no particulars of the place precisely the gadgets had been discovered and in what circumstances.

However they mentioned that the discover was preceded by exploratory talks between prosecutors and the protection in an ongoing trial over the theft on a doable settlement that would come with the return of stolen gadgets. They added that they may give no additional data forward of the following trial session scheduled for Tuesday.

Six males went on trial in Dresden in January, accused of gang theft and arson over the Nov. 25, 2019, theft. The German nationals had been accused of stealing jewellery with a complete insured worth of at the least 113.8 million euros ($121 million).

Officers mentioned on the time that the gadgets taken included a big diamond brooch and a diamond epaulette. The treasury of Augustus the Sturdy of Saxony was established in 1723 and incorporates round 4,000 objects of gold, valuable stones and different supplies on show in Dresden’s Royal Palace.

Prosecutors have mentioned that the suspects laid a fireplace simply earlier than the break-in to chop the facility provide for road lights exterior the museum, and in addition set fireplace to a automotive in a close-by storage earlier than fleeing to Berlin.

Saxony’s regional tradition minister, Barbara Klepsch, mentioned officers are ready to see specialists’ evaluation and uncover what situation the recovered items are in.

“I stay hopeful that the wound opened within the historic Inexperienced Vault within the 2019 theft will quickly be closed,” Klepsch mentioned in a press release. “This reveals that, even three years after this painful break-in, it’s value not giving up hope and pursuing all tracks that come up.”