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Loose Crayfish Halt Cologne S-Bahn as Police Investigate Origin

Halted at Cologne main station, the S11 train yielded 21 loose crayfish handed to animal welfare with investigators now probing their origin.

Am Kölner Hauptbahnhof war die Fahrt der Flusskrebse vorbei: Die Bundespolizei sammelte die Tiere ein.
Freilaufende Krebse haben in einer Kölner S-Bahn für einen Einsatz der Bundespolizei gesorgt. Sie hatten sich aus einem Müllsack befreit, in dem sich insgesamt 21 Schalentiere befanden. Der Besitzer blieb unbekannt.

Overview

  • A passenger alerted federal police at 8:50 a.m. to live crayfish aboard the S11 commuter train to Bergisch Gladbach.
  • Officers stopped the service at Köln Hauptbahnhof and discovered a garbage bag containing 21 live crayfish, some of which had escaped into the carriage.
  • All crayfish were collected into a transport box and transferred to animal welfare authorities at the station.
  • The S11 resumed its journey shortly thereafter with only a slight delay to the timetable.
  • Bundespolizei continues to investigate who owns the crayfish and how they were brought onto the train.