Overview
- Bundespolizei stopped a 44-year-old passenger during a routine inspection at Stralsund Hauptbahnhof on Thursday evening.
- The man said he had only one knife, but officers found six knives, a baton, an unloaded blank-firing pistol and two loaded magazines in his backpack.
- All items were confiscated after police determined he lacked the required small firearms license for carrying the pistol in public.
- An identity check indicated prior related incidents, and authorities initiated proceedings for violations of the German Weapons Act.
- In a separate operation in Hamburg on Friday, police seized multiple knives and other prohibited items during weapons-zone checks and announced further unannounced inspections.