Arrested Perpetrators Escaped on Motorway: Offenders in Custody Following High-Speed Pursuit
In a dramatic turn of events, a high-speed chase through the German countryside ended with the arrest of a 23-year-old man suspected of being under the influence of drugs.
The incident began when the driver of a car registered in Neubrandenburg ignored police signals to stop on the A11 highway near Pomellen. The car, which was being checked by the Bundespolizei, was found to have stolen license plates.
Despite clear signals to halt, the driver continued at high speed towards Berlin, prompting a federal police patrol to pursue the vehicle. The chase ended at the Werbellin exit, where the car crashed. Both occupants were temporarily arrested.
The Federal Police Directorate, headquartered in Bad Bramstedt, operates in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and the North and Baltic Seas. It employs approximately 2600 staff members and has operational units in Flensburg, Kiel, Rostock, Stralsund, and Pasewalk.
The Directorate's tasks include border police protection, railway police tasks, and environmental police tasks in the North and Baltic Seas. It also has a Mobile Control and Monitoring Unit, a maritime component, "Bundespolizei See," for monitoring the sea border, and a unit for Combating Crime in Rostock.
The case was taken over by the state police, and the men will now have to answer criminal charges. For more information about the Federal Police and the Federal Police Directorate in Bad Bramstedt, visit www.bundespolizei.de.
Igor Weber, a spokesperson for the Federal Police Directorate, can be reached at 03 83 54 - 34 97 4 - 100, 0172-511 0961, or via email at [email protected].
The Federal Police Inspection Pasewalk, including the joint German-Polish border crossing Pomellen, belongs to the Federal Police (Bundespolizei) of Germany. The Directorate's work is crucial in maintaining security and order in the region.
