Overview
- Workers retrieved the newly installed turnstile from the adjacent Landwehrkanal on Tuesday and are assessing whether it can be reinstalled.
- The Landeskriminalamt’s state security unit has taken over the probe on suspicion of a political motive behind the theft.
- Police say the removal occurred between Thursday evening and Friday morning despite a secured site, and a construction worker discovered the loss.
- Construction continues as planned under police oversight, with completion expected by year’s end and night closures set for 22:00–06:00 in winter and from 23:00 in summer.
- Activist group Bündnis Görli Zaunfrei posted a photo of the recovered device, while residents and district Greens warn the policy could shift drug activity into nearby streets.