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Third helicopter suspect remanded into custody

A 36-year-old man arrested in connection with the helicopter heist robbery in Västberga last week has been remanded into custody by a Stockholm court.

Third helicopter suspect remanded into custody

The man is the third person to have been remanded into custody as police investigations continue into the audacious robbery.

At 1pm on Thursday afternoon the Stockholm district court opened a remand hearing for the man in the court’s security room, after a scheduled hearing for Wednesday was postponed.

The man was informed on Wednesday evening of the charges levelled against him during a resumed interrogation.

“The remand hearing was now held as it should be,” defence counsel Johan Eriksson said referring to his prior criticism over a lack of available information.

The man was remanded into custody on suspicion of being an accessory to aggravated robbery after having originally been charged with aggravated robbery.

“They are uncertain, it means that the prosecutor’s initial claims are not considered to have sufficient support,” Eriksson said.

The 36-year-old continues to deny the allegations against him and has demanded that he be released.

A warrant for the arrest of a further 31-year-old man has been issued on Thursday, according to the Aftonbladet newspaper.

The man is reported to have worked at the same youth recreation centre as one of the suspects, a 29-year-old man released after Wednesday’s remand hearing.

The man had not been arrested by 3pm on Friday, according to a police source to the TT news agency, but is thought to remain in Sweden.

Two men suspected of involvement in the heist were remanded into custody by the court on Wednesday.

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MUSEUM

German police arrest fugitive twin over Dresden museum heist

German police said Tuesday they have arrested one of two fugitive twin brothers from the so-called Remmo clan wanted over their suspected role in snatching priceless jewels from a museum in the city of Dresden.

German police arrest fugitive twin over Dresden museum heist
Archive photo from April 2019 shows the Jewellery Room of the Green Vault. Photo: DPA

The 21-year-old suspect was detained in Berlin on Monday evening over what local media have dubbed one of the biggest museum heists in modern history, a spokesman for the police in the eastern city of Dresden said.

The twins had eluded German authorities when they carried out raids last month and arrested three members of the Remmo clan, a family of Arab origin notorious for its ties to organised crime.

Police then named them as 21-year-old Abdul Majed Remmo and Mohammed Remmo.

All five suspects are accused of “serious gang robbery and two counts of arson,” Dresden prosecutors said.

Police did not immediately name the arrested twin. His brother remains on the run.

The robbers launched their brazen raid lasting eight minutes on the Green Vault museum in Dresden's Royal Palace on November 25th, 2019.

READ ALSO: Everything you need to know about the Dresden museum heist

Having caused a partial power cut and broken in through a window, they snatched priceless 18th-century jewellery and other valuables from the collection of the Saxon ruler August the Strong.

Items stolen included a sword whose hilt is encrusted with nine large and 770 smaller diamonds, and a shoulderpiece which contains the famous 49-carat Dresden white diamond, Dresden's Royal Palace said.

The Remmos were previously implicated in another stunning museum robbery in the heart of Berlin in which a 100-kilogramme gold coin was stolen.

Investigators last year targeted the family with the seizure of 77 properties worth a total of €9.3 million, charging that they were purchased with the proceeds of various crimes, including a 2014 bank robbery.

READ ALSO: €1 million gold coin stolen from iconic Berlin museum

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