Leverkusen -
They wanted it as actor George Clooney and his boys in the movie thriller "Oceans Eleven" make.
The film they had seen again and again and selected as a template for their actions. But now the seven would-be gangsters were taken.
High-tech equipment
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Beamer
Two projectors are watching the perpetrators of the crime scene photos, which they had done before. They then discussed the safety features of the objects and the process of execution of deed.
Laptop
On the laptop all the acts were listed with a date. Also, all the important information about the location of the object, photos and videos were stored on disk. This facilitated the investigation of officials immensely.
Binoculars
As of binoculars was tested, whether customers are still in the building. During the burglary or robbery, the man with the binoculars warned his colleagues at risk. She escaped once even a police helicopter.
Air rifle
With the high air rifle scope shot along with the perpetrators unwanted light sources and the glass lenses of the cameras. So they could commit unmasked their raids to be filmed without.
Flex
The good old Flex was not missing in the equipment. In one case it was taken with the crime scene, opened in a short time, safes, doors, locks, money cassettes. Make up, so the perpetrators 60,000 € prey.
The CID officials contributed tens of tracks together, until now they searched the homes of the suspects. They put the equipment of the perpetrators sure about the officials were surprised only themselves.
Since November 2008, the seven friends (17-22) spectacular 50 burglaries and 10 robberies at shops, petrol stations and a bank committed. As in "Oceans Eleven" they prepared their coup perfidious exactly. An investigator: "Even employees were used to provide video material to get from the monitoring equipment and the safe."
After the attack on a DIY store in Opladen the offenders fled with a scooter to a nearby soccer field. There they had buried the day before their sports gear. She moved on quickly, the police search was in vain. Among the members was also a medic, who listened in on the police radio and prevented a helicopter spotted his accomplices.