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(Sabah Newspaper, 27 July 2026)
Industrial strength breaking and entering.
The mystery surrounding the bank robbery in North Rhine-Westphalia,
Germany, last December, in which more than 3,000 Turkish citizens
had their safe deposit boxes emptied, has been unraveled. Three Turks,
allegedly responsible for the robbery, were apprehended at the airport
while preparing to leave the country. It was determined that the thieves
carried out this major robbery while already on trial for other thefts (!),
and it is claimed that the Rammo gang was behind it.
The robbery, which took place at the Sparkasse Branch in Gelsenkirchen,
North Rhine-Westphalia, on December 27-29, 2025 and described as the
"heist of the century", was carried out with professional planning that
is as good as a movie.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was in the bank due to the New
Year's holiday, the robbers infiltrated the building from the multi-storey
car park located right next to the branch. Heading towards the emergency
exit door, which is impossible to open from the outside under normal
conditions, the ski-masked robbers somehow opened the door and entered.
The good old days, when heists weren't so damn complicated!
The thieves, having reached the bank's archive room, proceeded to drill
through the reinforced concrete wall of the main vault. Using massive
industrial drills, the drilling began at midnight and was halted in the early
morning hours when the bank's fire alarm went off. Firefighters and private
security arrived at the scene.
However, the tremor in the basement went unnoticed, and since there was
no smell of smoke, the alarm was deemed a "false alarm" and deactivated.
The thieves breathed a sigh of relief and resumed their drilling operation ('!).
After completing the drilling, the gang entered the vault through the
massive hole they had created and proceeded to break into approximately
3,100 safe deposit boxes, all belonging to Turkish citizens. The thieves,
who opened nearly 95% of the safes in the branch, filled sacks with gold
bars, family heirlooms, cash, and luxury watches. After spending two
days in the bank, the thieves sped away from the parking lot in a black
Audi RS 6 on Monday morning, December 29th.
While official authorities stated that the value of the stolen goods was at
least between 10 and 30 million euros, the victims' lawyers announced
that the actual loss, including cash and unregistered gold found in the safe,
could range from 50 million to 300 million euros.
Closing the barn door after the horse ran away...
Police believe the thieves deliberately chose this branch because most
of the robbed safes belonged to immigrant families of Turkish and Arab
origin living in the area, so they shifted the investigation in that direction.
All previous robberies of this nature were examined closely.
Police, noting similarities between the robbery and a bank heist on October
26, 2023, in which €1.95 million was stolen, placed one of the suspects,
Tolgay K., under technical and physical surveillance. Following this
surveillance, police uncovered numerous details and arrested Tolgay K.,
who was on trial at the Bonn Regional Court for both bank robberies,
after the court hearing.
Ilker C. and Serkan Ö., who are alleged to be accomplices, were
apprehended and taken into custody at Berlin airport while attempting
to check in for an international flight. Three other individuals are still
being sought in connection with the incident. It is claimed that Tolgay K.,
Ilker C., and Serkan Ö., who allegedly carried out the robbery, are linked
to the Rammo gang, an Arab-origin gang known for organized crime and
large-scale robberies operating in Berlin and other major cities.
Eye tattoos are mandatory in the gang.
The Rammo family, who emigrated from Mardin to Germany in the 1980s
and 1990s due to the Lebanese Civil War, first gained notoriety in 1992
with a murder case in Berlin. Issa Remmo is considered the leader and
head of the gang, known for organized crime and large-scale robberies.
In 2017, the gang stole a giant gold coin called the "Big Maple Leaf,"
weighing 100 kilograms and worth approximately 3.3 million euros,
from the Bode Museum in Berlin.
Two years later, historical diamonds and jewelry worth 113 million euros
were stolen from a museum in Dresden; in 2023, five members of the
gang were convicted of this crime.
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