Overview
- In the first three weeks, officers checked 4,881 people and secured 249 prohibited items.
- Seizures included 124 knives, 73 irritant sprays, more than 20 other weapons, and 21 additional dangerous objects.
- Controls also uncovered 329 additional crimes, produced 367 police hits, and led to 25 arrests on open warrants.
- The order covers 15 Berlin hubs plus Potsdam Hauptbahnhof, including Hauptbahnhof, Ostkreuz, Alexanderplatz, and Zoologischer Garten.
- The temporary measure enables suspicionless checks, and a decision on any extension beyond mid‑November will follow a further evaluation.