Overview
- Police say a 49-year-old from Hamburg, recorded Wednesday by station video at Essen Hauptbahnhof lifting, dropping and punching his dog, was stopped by a patrol.
- During an ID check, officers report he dropped a small bag with suspected amphetamine and carried a ready-to-use knife in a belt holster.
- According to the Bundespolizei, he fought the search and removal, hurled insults, kicked a station door, dumped trash at the entrance, and struck a police vehicle.
- The dog was seized with the city’s help and taken to an animal shelter for protection while inquiries continue.
- After a hospital exam where threats continued, the man was placed in central custody as investigators pursue cases for animal cruelty, weapons and drug offenses, resistance, insults, threats, and fouling rail property.