It was an unusual police 'tactic' that occurred over here by my town in Germany last night. About three miles away, is the autobahn (A3) and there is a rest-stop (gas station as well) right there on the Autobahn.
So around 11 PM last night....a hundred German police show up and they start to split off traffic on the autobahn, and for seven hours....they search through 250 vehicles that are forced into a police check-point.
What they were looking for? Just about everything. Drugs, illegal immigrants, buglers returning from a successful night, untaxed smokes, etc.
It's reached a stage where the public is grumbling on a continual basis, and politicians need something to reinforce the stance that they are fighting crime.
From the chatter....out of the 250-odd vehicles, apparently around a dozen situations are in violation of some law. Drugs kinda figured into about half of the situations (drivers doped up). Some idiots had illegal knives which were confiscated. Three guys were noted for not having a driver's license.
Over the past year, in several German states....they've resorted to this Autobahn stop situation. It'll probably be something of a regular event in the future.
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