Overview

• On July 13 a 35-year-old Gifhorn resident stole two vodka bottles from a gas station and was identified by a detailed witness description.
• Patrol officers apprehended him at about 2:30 p.m. near a bank branch and he admitted the theft although the bottles remained unrecovered.
• A breathalyzer test measured his BAC at 3.61 ‰, a level the Federal Institute for Public Health warns can cause severe poisoning.
• Officers said the suspect’s intense intoxication likely accounted for the missing vodka bottles.
• An outstanding Hildesheim prosecutor’s warrant over an unpaid fraud fine led to his transfer to the Sehnde correctional facility.