Law enforcement officials from the federal police carry out arrests at a railway station and airport in North Rhine-Westphalia (BPOL NRW)
In a coordinated operation, federal police officers in Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen made two arrests on August 5th. The arrests were related to outstanding arrest warrants issued by different authorities.
In Dortmund, a German citizen was apprehended at the airport for an outstanding arrest warrant. Meanwhile, at Gelsenkirchen Central Station, a man from Düren was arrested for a driving offense. He was wanted by the Cologne Public Prosecutor's Office and had to pay a fine of 2,100 euros or serve a 70-day custodial sentence.
The man from Düren, who was sought by the police authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia, stated that he was unable to pay the required fine. After the proceedings, he was handed over to the justice authorities, but the article does not provide information about his identity or current status after the handover.
Simultaneously, a Bulgarian citizen was apprehended at Gelsenkirchen Central Station by federal police officers. The article does not provide any further information about the offense or the proceedings for the Bulgarian citizen.
The police in Gelsenkirchen were involved in related arrests and investigations around mid-August 2025, although specific details about which exact authority and since when are not explicitly provided in the search results.
The Federal Police Directorate Sankt Augustin, Federal Police Inspectorate Dortmund, and Press Office Luca Wilmes can be contacted for inquiries regarding the arrests.
In a separate case, a homeless man was also wanted by the Public Prosecutor's Office in Würzburg for benefit fraud. He was arrested in Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen on the same day. The man paid the fine of 100 euros and was released from the federal police station after the proceedings were completed. However, the article does not provide information about his identity or current status after his release.
The arrest locations for both the Bulgarian citizen and the homeless man were not specified in the article. The original article was published by the Federal Police Directorate Sankt Augustin and transmitted via news aktuell.
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