Overview

• Officers pulled over a 29-year-old driver on Potsdamer Straße after noticing irregularities in his identity documents.
• A subsequent search of the vehicle uncovered a loaded pistol with spare ammunition, a knife and a pepper spray gun with replacement cartridges.
• Police arrested the man at the scene on suspicion of violating Germany’s weapons laws and forging official papers.
• Prosecutors are now probing the alleged document forgery alongside potential breaches of the national weapons regulations.
• The incident underlines the role of routine traffic checks in uncovering illegal arms possession in Berlin.