John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

A cigarette case, a handwritten musical score, three diaries and two pairs of signature metal-rimmed glasses were among stolen goods belonging to Beatles star John Lennon that have been recovered in Germany.

Berlin police spokesman Winfrid Wenzel called the recovery of the trove of about 100 Lennon items a "great success" for the music world and also for Lennon's widow Yoko Ono.

German authorities first became aware of the items, stolen from Ono in 2006, when a bankruptcy administrator for a Berlin auction house contacted them in July.
They confiscated the items from the auctioneers two weeks later, and on Monday they arrested a suspect and raided his Berlin home and cars. They said a second suspect living in Turkey is currently "not available".