Overview

• Two 31-year-old tent security workers were arrested on suspicion of taking cash to let guests into a tent that had been closed to visitors.
• Plainclothes pickpocket-detection officers say they observed the admissions around 8 p.m. Saturday and took the men to the Wiesn police station.
• A low four-figure sum was seized from one suspect, and police opened an investigation for a violation of the Oktoberfest regulations.
• According to tz, the men were also reported on suspicion of corruption and money laundering, and cash was seized for potential forfeiture.
• The incident unfolded during brief crowd-control closures on the Theresienwiese, reflecting heightened enforcement at this year’s festival.