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Police investigate suspected theft of model sailboat off Großenbrode
Police are investigating the suspected theft of a model sailboat from the Baltic Sea off Großenbrode, in northern Germany.
The boat, named Adelheid, belonged to a resident of the Ostholstein district and was made by hand at a scale of 1:10.
A motorboat crew allegedly lifted the model from the water about 500 metres from shore and headed towards the Fehmarn Sound.
The sailboat was remote-controlled and carried two figures dressed as sailors, including characters called Hein Blöd.
The owner has not got the boat back, despite appeals on social media and contacts with nearby harbours.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact the station in Großenbrode.
One later account places the incident in Kiel Fjord, while an earlier account says it happened off Großenbrode.
Police in Großenbrode are investigating the suspected theft of a model sailboat called “Adelheid” from the Baltic Sea.
An unknown person in a motorboat allegedly took the model about 500 metres off the coast and left toward Fehmarnsund.
The incident reportedly happened on the Day of German Unity, between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
The owner had launched the boat near the Niederungsmoor shore area, and it has not been returned.
Fehmarn24 places the incident off Großenbrode, while BILD describes it as happening in Kiel Fjord.
- Who
- An unknown motorboat driver allegedly took the model sailboat from the water. Its owner is an Ostholstein resident.
- What
- The model sailboat “Adelheid” was allegedly taken aboard a motorboat. Police are investigating suspected theft.
- When
- On the Day of German Unity, between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
- Where
- Fehmarn24 says about 500 metres off Großenbrode, near the Niederungsmoor shore area. BILD says Kiel Fjord.
- Why
- Not stated.
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The owner launched “Adelheid” near the Niederungsmoor shore area, and a person on a motorboat allegedly took it about 500 metres offshore.
Appeals were made on social media and ports in Heiligenhafen and Orth were informed, but the model was not returned.
Police in Großenbrode were reported to be investigating suspected theft.
- Model sailboat
- Adelheid
- Model dimensions
- 83 centimetres long and 1.20 metres high
- Scale
- 1:10
- Alleged distance from coast
- About 500 metres
- Alleged direction of departure
- Toward Fehmarnsund
- Police contact
- Großenbrode police, 04367310
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What people are saying
Despite appeals on social media, the finely crafted model ship, which has high emotional value for its owner, has not yet been returned.
About 500 metres off the coast, a motorboat approached. According to the findings, one person is said to have leaned over the motorboat’s rail, taken the model ship out of the water and then headed toward Fehmarnsund.