Overview
- A certified super-recognizer identified the man on platform 8/9 on Wednesday, prompting Bundespolizei to locate him on a train and arrest him without resistance.
- The suspect was presented to a judge the following day under an Austrian arrest warrant after being detained at Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof.
- Investigators say he used more than 20 aliases and is linked to two thefts on September 17–18 in Hanau and Frankfurt involving about €130,000 in branded goods.
- A passenger reported a nervous man on the train repeatedly saying the word “police” on the phone, aiding officers as they searched the carriages.
- Police report prior investigative work in Frankfurt had already identified two suspects and led to three additional thefts being attributed in Berlin-Spandau with losses of about €20,000.