Overview
- Officers monitoring a five-car convoy with German short-term licence plates pulled over the last vehicle at the Frankenhöhe service area on the A6 for inspection.
- The driver handed police a Spanish ID card and driving licence shown on his phone, but officers doubted the match and found the digital documents to be forged.
- A records check confirmed the 22-year-old does not hold a driving licence, and authorities opened a criminal proceeding for document fraud and driving without entitlement.
- After investigators told him he must not drive, another convoy member collected the car and two people returned with valid licences, but police again encountered the same column about 20 minutes later at the Schnelldorf junction.
- The case highlights why short-term (Kurzzeit) plates prompt closer checks and signals possible wider issues with cross-border document fraud and further legal consequences for those involved.