Enigmatic escape drivers: shots, drugs and arrests in Dortmund!

Enigmatic escape drivers: shots, drugs and arrests in Dortmund!

On February 3, 2025, exciting details about a traffic accident and the subsequent arrests became known in Dortmund. An unknown driver of a Ford Ranger caused an accident on Lindemannstrasse on Sunday evening at 7:49 p.m., shortly before the Wittekindstrasse intersection. After the incident, the driver fled to the Kreuzviertel, where his escape ended in a dead end on Roseggerstrasse/Studtstrasse. The police were quickly on site and started the search for the escape vehicle, which was discovered shortly afterwards on Sonnenstrasse.

When the police kept the vehicle, the driver noticed this and continued his escape at high speed. He finally had to stop in front of a construction site and, together with two occupants, left the car. All three ran away in different directions. However, the police officers were able to hold two 34-year-old men from Duisburg. The driver is known to the police, but was able to escape for the time being.

weapons and drugs ensured

A sensational aspect of the arrest was that one of the men threw a charged machine gun while fleeing. The police not only ensured the weapon, but also a knife, several mobile phones and bags with white powder, which presumably contains drugs. The two arrested are now in police custody, while the criminal police are investigating several offenses. These include the traffic accident escape, the illegal possession of narcotics and a violation of the War Weapons Control Act.

The investigators took the Situation seriously and the police are still looking for the driver of the Ford Ranger. Further information is currently not possible due to the ongoing investigation.

drug offenses in Dortmund

The incidents that have recently occurred in Dortmund are part of a major problem that the police are aware of. As the statistics show, drug offenses are a considerable social and criminal police issue, on the solutions of which.