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Two Arrested in Bernau After Large-Scale Search for Fuel Thieves

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Police arrested two men suspected of stealing fuel after they fled a petrol station in Biesenthal and were later found in Bernau.
  • The petrol station attendant suffered minor injuries while moving out of the way, and one police officer was also slightly injured during the arrests.
  • Police said the van’s driver may have been under the influence of intoxicants, and the vehicle’s licence plates allegedly did not belong to it.

Two suspected fuel thieves were arrested in Bernau after a large-scale police search that included a helicopter.

Police said the 21- and 29-year-old men filled fuel containers at a petrol station in Biesenthal, in Brandenburg’s Barnim district. When the station attendant confronted them, they fled in a small van. The attendant jumped out of the way and suffered minor injuries.

Police later found the pair in Bernau after they lost control of the vehicle. The men then tried to escape on foot, according to police. Officers caught one of them immediately. The second was arrested later after another search involving a police helicopter.

A police officer also suffered minor injuries during the arrests. Police said the van driver may have been under the influence of intoxicants. The vehicle’s licence plates allegedly belonged to a different vehicle.

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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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