Overview
- BAO "Ferrum" was established last week to prevent armed clashes after a spate of shootings in Berlin.
- In the first week of intensified checks, officers inspected nearly 1,000 people and more than 700 vehicles across the city.
- Police report seizures of knives, firearms, batons, pepper sprays, quartz-sand gloves, a ballistic vest, an illegal electroshock device, and drugs.
- The controls have led to nearly 70 criminal investigations and about 130 administrative offence cases so far.
- More than 100 officers have been deployed day and night, including in plain clothes, and authorities say the operation will continue in the coming weeks.