Last week, the police’s online patrol in the South-East issued a somewhat unusual search warrant on his Facebook account.
In a post posted on Tuesday last week, they were looking for a married couple.
In the post, the police in the South-East went out with some very important details that could help narrow the search:
– We are looking for contact with «Din Ragnar and« Din Magnhild », they wrote.
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Dagbladet mentioned case Wednesday morning. Now the police can share some good news about the ring mystery:
– We have come in contact with the owners of the rings, they write in an updated version of the Facebook post – and thank everyone who has contributed with feedback in the case.
On Monday, the police’s online patrol can tell that Magnar and Ragnhild have been to their local police station, and got back their missing wedding rings.
– It is also part of the story that they had bought new night rings, as a result of the youth wedding rings (the stolen ones) had become cramped, they write in a posts on Facebook.
Do you know the owners of these?
Enormous seizure
The wedding rings were part of a huge seizure of stolen goods that the police estimate has a value of several million kroner.
They are said to have been stolen from several homes in Horten, Holmestrand and Sandefjord as well as the Kongsberg area.
The couple were among those who had been exposed to theft, Jan Frode Johannessen, who is a senior police officer and head of investigation in Horten, informs Dagbladet.
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– Many gold and silver jewelry
Now police superintendent Jan Frode Johannessen can reveal more details about the case that was the background for the search.
– The rings were two objects among some of the stolen goods that we have from a larger seizure. We have identified a lot of gold and silver jewelery in connection with a major case that we are working on, he says to Dagbladet.
FOUND: These wedding rings were found among stolen goods. Now the police have found the rightful owners. Photo: Police
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It all started on November 10 last year, he explains.
– Then a Lithuanian man in his 30s was arrested. He was initially arrested in a minor healing case in connection with a search of his whereabouts, and in a car.
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But the man was quickly charged with aggravated theft from a home from several places in southeastern Norway, according to the police. He is now in custody.
– In connection with the investigation and the searches that we did then, large amounts of jewelry in gold and silver, as well as silverware and bunad silver were seized. There are about 700 seizures in total.
Beyond an initial first interrogation, the Lithuanian man, who has been arrested and charged, did not want to explain himself.
– Very, very happy
Since November, the police have been working to identify the owners of the jewelery.
– We assumed that this was stolen goods. So we have worked on locating and identifying jewelery against gross thefts – and have now ended up with ten gross thefts from a home for which the Lithuanian man is now charged.
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The last piece of the puzzle came into place now, when the owners of the rings reported to the police.
– It was a relationship from Sandefjord. They were very, very happy to get them back, says Johannessen.
Giant Spotify blister
Now the police are starting to approach the finish line when it comes to identifying seizures.
– There is a lot of jewelry with affection value, old jewelry that you can not replace. There are very many satisfied victims, he says.
– A few million kroner
According to Johannessen, a total of large values have been seized.
– It is a total of a few million kroner. One of the crime scenes was worth NOK 1.2 million alone.
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