A jewellers shop in the Holzweg was broken into early on Tuesday morning with the thieves making off with gold jewellery.

Although police say the jewellery were in fact “dummies”, the damage is still given as several thousand Euro.

They believe that the thieves broke in by making a hole in the glass door with a sledge hammer.

Whilst they are still evaluating the video evidence, detectives in Bad Homburg would like to hear from anyone who was in the Holzweg between 3.30am and 4am on Tuesday morning and may have seen anything suspicious.  They can be reached by telephone on 06172 1200.