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Police nab serial 'paddling pool slasher' after 7 years

Forty-seven paddling pools ruined. Seven years on the run. Thousands of euros in damage. But time has final run out for this wet bandit.

Crime

Gang robs cash truck with rocket launcher

Police are searching for men who witnesses say used an antitank rocket launcher to threaten and rob a truck transporting money in Dortmund on Saturday.

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Postman hoarded one tonne of letters at home

Police in Cologne are investigating a former postman who appears to have stockpiled thousands of undelivered letters in his home.

Crime

Thief returns wallet to pensioner six years on

A thief has returned a stolen wallet with the money still inside to a pensioner six years after taking it. He sent the money back to the man with a letter of apology saying he had now become a Christian.