We had a robbery in Wiesbaden early on Saturday morning (4:30 AM). Basically, the guy walks into the local gas station about 300 feet away from the train station in town, with a broken beer bottle to threaten the night-shift person. The cash register gets opened.....an unknown amount of small cash is released to the 23-year-old guy. Then the guy runs out the door, and in the direction of the train station.
The cops? They get called and are given a description of the guy. The direction of the train station? Well....they call up the security folks....give a brief description, and they look at the video feed. If this had been in the middle of the day....there would be a thousand-odd people to view, but around 5 AM? There's probably not more than twenty-five people walking in for the early AM S-Bahn (rapid-rail) leading out of the city.
The cops get the description....then have a platform suggestion by security, and enter the train. In minutes, they are standing in front of the guy, and arrest him. His intended destination? Frankfurt.
What's a guy doing on a 5 AM S-Bahn train to Frankfurt? I sat there thinking about it, and it only leads to one conclusion. Well....typically, you'd go to Frankfurt (just outside of the station there) for your heroin 'jolt' and the cash from the gas station would have paid for what you needed.
This is the problem with crime and small-time robbery now in Germany....a lot of this leads back to dopers who just need enough cash to meet their heroin situation for that day. If you live in any urbanized area, this is the general threat that you tend to think about daily....just a small-time robbery for enough cash to feed to the habit.
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