Overview
- Around 2:30 p.m., an armed man entered a Dirlewang petrol station, demanded cash, received none, and fled on foot before officers detained a suspect nearby.
- Police have not determined whether the person arrested in Dirlewang is connected to the Mindelheim robbery a week earlier.
- In the 6 November Mindelheim case, a masked man threatened a clerk with a weapon and escaped with a low four-figure sum.
- The Mindelheim suspect was dressed entirely in black, wore a black hoodie with a larger yellowish back print and silver glasses, stood roughly 1.70–1.75 meters tall, and spoke fluent German.
- Investigators continue searches and witness interviews, report no danger to the public, and ask anyone with tips to contact Kriminalpolizei Memmingen at 08331/100-0.