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Thomas Drach, arrested on Tuesday for three robberies on money transporters, may have been involved in far more robberies than previously known.

In February 1995, he and an accomplice are said to have robbed a money transporter in Braunschweig and stolen 1.5 million Deutschmarks.

Because of this offense, the Braunschweig public prosecutor's office investigated Drach for years until they finally brought charges against him in October 2002.

The indictment is before WELT AM SONNTAG.

Several witnesses then state that Drach bragged about the attack and suddenly had a lot of money.

According to the investigators' findings, the attack also served to raise money for the kidnapping of Jan Philipp Reemtsma, which Drach had planned.

In March 1996, Drach kidnapped the Hamburg social researcher and extorted the record ransom of almost 15 million euros.

"Less ingenuity than very great unscrupulousness"

The Reemtsma kidnapper Thomas Drach is said to have been arrested in the Netherlands for robbing several money transporters.

He is considered a criminal genius.

WELT reporter Per Hinrichs sees it differently.

Source: WORLD

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The co-perpetrator Wolfgang Koszics, who died in 2014, made extensive statements to Hamburg police officers while he was still in prison.

According to him, Drach was involved in three other robberies in southwest Germany between 1990 and 1994, in addition to the Brunswick attack.

However, these were never the subject of investigation.

An investigator from the Hamburg State Criminal Police Office investigated the Braunschweig case particularly thoroughly and provided the prosecutor with the material for the indictment.

The accomplice in the Braunschweig deed is said to be the Australian Lionel D., who was able to move to Australia immediately after the deed with his share of the booty in the amount of 500,000 euros and was never bothered for the act.

Since there is no other evidence besides the testimony, the prosecution estimates that the chances of a conviction are slim.

The case is closed.

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The full text is from WELT AM SONNTAG.

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Source: Welt am Sonntag