Overview

• Authorities say four officers aged 26 to 38 are under investigation for theft with weapons after allegedly pocketing cash from suspects.
• The same group is suspected of carrying out a provisional arrest without a sufficient legal basis.
• Six more officers, aged 24 to 58, are being investigated for obstruction on suspicion they knew of the misconduct but failed to report it.
• Investigators opened the case after irregularities in the handling of security payments were detected, and they have seized several suspects’ mobile phones during searches.
• Drugs found in one suspect’s weapons locker are being assessed for possible evidence-handling or narcotics offenses, Düsseldorf police have suspended six officers, and Der Spiegel reported the alleged victims were Albanian, a detail not confirmed by authorities.