Person is detained during search for lost canine companion
On September 3, 2025, a 52-year-old Kosovar national contacted the deployment forces at the Weil am Rhein - Palmrain Bridge border crossing. The man was searching for his escaped dog, but his visit turned into an unexpected encounter with the authorities.
It was revealed that the man had an outstanding arrest warrant for fraud, issued by a court earlier this year. He had not served the substitute imprisonment for the fraud sentence and had not paid the court-imposed fine of 1,500 euros on the spot. As a result, he was arrested and spent several weeks in prison.
The Federal Police Inspectorate Weil am Rhein, located at www.polizei.bund.de, was involved in the case. Friedrich Blaschke, the contact person at the Federal Police Inspectorate Weil am Rhein, can be reached at +49 7628 8059 1011 or via email at [email protected]. For further questions, the Federal Police Inspectorate Weil am Rhein is the point of contact.
In a statement transmitted via news aktuell, the Federal Police Inspectorate Weil am Rhein confirmed the arrest and the reason for it. However, the federal police officer at the Weil am Rhein Federal Police Commissariat who handled the case has not been publicly disclosed.
The missing dog was later found and handed over to animal protection. The arrest information provided does not relate to the missing dog or the arrested Kosovar national. It is a new contact information for further inquiries related to the incident.
The Federal Police Inspectorate Weil am Rhein can also be reached via their Twitter handle, @bpol_bw. The public prosecutor's office issued the arrest warrant due to the man's failure to pay the court debt. The man's arrest was related to an earlier court sentence for fraud.
