Overview
- A multi‑agency sweep around Bremen Hauptbahnhof on November 14 checked more than 400 people, seized drugs, cash, pepper spray and prescription medicines, and issued 23 dispersal orders with one banned individual taken into custody.
- Officers in Bremen also broke up an illegal back‑room gambling operation involving nine people and confiscated more than €2,500 from the operator, with investigations ongoing.
- Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt observed operations at Munich Hauptbahnhof and prepared to announce reinforced policing at 41 stations nationwide, with a concentrated weekend push in Munich’s rail network.
- Munich has imposed stricter bans on weapons and pyrotechnics in the station area, and officials highlighted support for deterrent tools such as tasers and expanded powers to conduct weapons checks without specific suspicion.
- Leipzig launched a three‑day crackdown that included a knife‑carry ban, the arrest of a wanted violent offender who tried to stash 15 grams of cannabis, and expanded checks across the station and adjacent parks.