Part of haul from 2019 German museum jewellery heist recovered

Visitors in the Jewel Room of the Green Vault museum in Dresden’s Royal Palace of the Dresden State Art Collections (Jens Meyer/AP)

German authorities said they have recovered a significant number of the 18th-century treasures stolen from Dresden’s Green Vault museum in a spectacular break-in more than three years ago.

Prosecutors and police said in a statement that they secured 31 items in Berlin overnight, including “several pieces that appear to be complete”.