After extensive investigations, a judge issued arrest warrants against two people arrested for several break-ins and possible thefts of weapons from the Bundeswehr.

The public prosecutor's office in Kiel announced on Monday that a total of ten suspects were being investigated on suspicion of gang theft.

Weapons were found during a search of a house in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, on Sunday.

It is not yet known what the suspects - including four on active duty in the Bundeswehr - were planning to do with the weapons.

According to dpa information, there are indications that several soldiers in Ukraine wanted to join the defense against the Russian attackers.

The public prosecutor's office did not provide any information on possible reasons for the crime.

The accused are accused of having repeatedly broken into Bundeswehr facilities since the beginning of this year, with varying involvement, in order to steal equipment for themselves or third parties or to have provided assistance, the statement said.

Two suspects in custody

"After the suspects could be identified and the commission of a further offense was in the room, two suspects were arrested by the state police in Eckernförde in the night of May 22nd to 23rd, 2022 and, at the request of the Kiel public prosecutor's office, brought before the magistrate." , said the prosecutor.

Accordingly, he ordered pre-trial detention and issued search warrants for eight properties in Baden-Württemberg, Bremen, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein.

According to information from the German Press Agency, the two men were arrested when they tried in vain for several hours to enter a barracks in Eckernförde.

They are said to have carried tools and knives with them when they were arrested.

A woman is said to have been behind the wheel of the vehicle they used to get to the scene.

During their burglary tours, the suspects are said to have broken not only in Eckernförde, but also at the Bundeswehr base in Alt-Duvenstedt.

Extensive evidence was secured, which is currently still being viewed and evaluated, the public prosecutor said.

Several long and short guns, ammunition and explosive substances were found in Itzehoe, which is why the building there had to be evacuated and the explosive ordnance clearance service was called in.

"The seized weapons, ammunition and explosives are currently being examined by the Schleswig-Holstein State Criminal Police Office and their origin is being determined as far as possible," said the public prosecutor.

Among the accused is a member of the 31st Parachute Regiment from Seedorf in Lower Saxony.

According to dpa information, a suspicious object is said to have been found in his locker.

According to the information, a suspicion of other soldiers in the army and navy is being examined.