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Fugitive, 26, Caught at Bremerhaven Cruise Terminal Trying to Board Bahamas-Bound Ship

A warrant check triggered provisional custody before a magistrate.

Overview

  • Federal police stopped the man during a border-exit inspection at the cruise terminal on Sunday in Bremerhaven.
  • He attempted to sign on as a worker on a cruise scheduled for the Bahamas.
  • Database queries revealed two active arrest warrants issued by the district courts in Augsburg and Nördlingen.
  • One warrant orders pre-trial detention on suspicion of robbery-related theft, and authorities also cite a probation violation after a bodily-injury conviction.
  • Officers took him into provisional custody and presented him to a magistrate after finding he had been on the run for several weeks.