Overview

• In Essen around 02:00, a witness reported flashlight activity at a school on Brembergstraße, where officers found three pried windows.
• A police helicopter with a thermal camera guided units to a 25-year-old suspect hiding in a nearby garden, who was arrested as a dog team searched the area.
• Soon after, a patrol stopped an Opel Corsa on Am Isinger Bach and seized a hammer, burglary tools, black clothing, gloves and a balaclava; the 24-year-old driver was detained and the car impounded.
• Investigators in Essen opened a case for a particularly serious theft and secured evidence on the school grounds.
• In Mönchengladbach around 04:00, a security alarm at a Realschule led police to a known suspect with burglary tools, no stolen items were identified, and he was processed then released due to no grounds for custody.