The police have arrested several young people and men who are said to have used a dating platform for robberies in Darmstadt. In at least eight cases, they had met with victims, threatened them with knives or a firearm and robbed them, the public prosecutor’s office and the police announced. In total, they had stolen several thousand euros, debit cards and smartphones. In total, officers searched apartments in Darmstadt, Büttelborn and Erfurt on Wednesday and arrested ten men. Five of them, aged between 17 and 19, were remanded in custody.

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