Overview
- Officers attempted a routine traffic check late Friday evening in the Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde area when a 29-year-old driver failed to stop and fled the scene.
- The man abandoned his car and concealed himself at a nearby bathing lake, triggering a multi-hour search that used a police boat and a drone.
- Police located the suspect hours later near the water and obtained a blood sample to check for alcohol or drugs; test results were not yet released.
- Authorities say the driver reportedly did not have a valid driving licence and the matter is now being investigated by local police and the Kiel police control centre.
- In Germany police commonly take blood samples when impairment is suspected and multi-agency searches like this aim to secure evidence and rule out injuries before prosecutors decide on charges.