Missing service weapon from Frankfurt 4th Police Precinct recovered
A service pistol missing from Frankfurt's main railway station district police precinct has surfaced at a police property. The circumstances remain the subject of ongoing investigations.
Service pistol reappears in Frankfurt railway station district
A service weapon that went missing from a Frankfurt police precinct has been recovered. According to Google News AT — Crime (de), citing a spokesman for Frankfurt Police, the weapon was secured at a "police property". The discovery was first reported by "Hessenschau".
The authority did not disclose the exact location where it was found. "The circumstances are the subject of ongoing investigation, which is why no details can be released," the police spokesman said.
According to police, the disappearance of the weapon was discovered on 24 July. Whether it was lost or stolen is still under investigation, it was stated over the past weekend.
According to a report by the "Süddeutsche Zeitung", the pistol is said to have disappeared at the 4th Police Precinct in the railway station district. The incident caused some "commotion" internally. The newspaper's investigations indicate that an officer failed to properly lock his service pistol in the weapons cabinet after a night shift, instead leaving it in his office — from where it subsequently disappeared.
Source: Google News AT — Crime (de)