Police have ramped up security around Dresden ‘s Zwinger, a Baroque palace complex that houses an internationally renowned porcelain collection as well as Old Master paintings and historic scientific instruments, after two men suspected of plotting a break-in were chased off by a security guard early Tuesday morning.

According to Saxony’s criminal police and public prosecutor’s office , the two unidentified men entered the Zwinger’s open courtyard through the Crown Gate sometime between 6:10 and 6:30 a.m. on October 27. Investigators believe they were carrying tools intended for a heist.

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Whatever they had planned, they didn’t get very far. When a security guard approached them, the men turned around and ran back through the gate.…