Overview
- The incident occurred around 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9, in Poing in the Ebersberg district of Bavaria.
- According to police, the suspect squeezed between two construction fences to access a Christmas-tree sales site at Hauptstraße and Neufarner Straße.
- A witness saw the man leave with a tree on his shoulder, followed him, and called the Poing police.
- Officers stopped the 43-year-old close to the scene and secured the tree, which was valued at about €20.
- An investigation for theft of low-value items has been initiated, with no further details on prosecution released.