Overview
- Police stopped a VW Golf during a general traffic check on Grothusstraße near Lehrhovebruch on Thursday morning.
- Officers found a ready-to-hand knife, a blank-firing pistol and three live firearms, including one on the 26-year-old driver.
- The driver and three men aged 19, 22 and 29 from Gladbeck were taken into custody.
- Through the Essen prosecutor, judges issued warrants for four residences in Gladbeck and one business address in Gelsenkirchen, executed in the evening with special units and supporting police as areas were cordoned off.
- Investigations into illegal weapons possession are ongoing and police have not disclosed search results, while a report that gold was found in the car remains unconfirmed.