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Recovered household goods want to come home

26 Feb 2004 |

The security forces investigation office here and local German police have been conducting a joint investigation of a moving company in the Kaiserslautern, Germany, area.

A substantial amount of suspected stolen household goods has been recovered in this operation. Air Force and local officials are trying to contact people who may have lost items during a move into or out of the Kaiserslautern area to assist them in possibly recovering their property.

It is not important to this investigation whether or not a claim was filed through the government, only that the individual can provide identification of the property. The items that were recovered range from high-value jewelry to lower-valued sporting equipment.

People having missing items should e-mail uwe.borst@ramstein.af.mil with a description of the item(s), the approximate date when the items where shipped, and the company’s name, if known, who handled the move.

For more information, call the 435th Security Forces Squadron investigation section at DSN (314) 489-6175/7407 or commercial 011-47-631-536-6175/7405.