Apprehension in Bavaria

Trafficker squeezed eight refugees into the car

There were even three refugees in the trunk, including teenagers(Bild: Bundespolizei Freilassing)

Police officers on a Bavarian police patrol were wide-eyed when they stopped a 20-year-old Opel with a Hungarian license plate on Thursday: nine people were crammed into the car. Earlier, there had also been a chase in the Bad Reichenhall area.

The police patrol discovered the suspicious car near the border crossing at Bayerisch-Gmain and Großgmain in Salzburg. When the officers wanted to check the car, the driver pressed the accelerator pedal. During the ensuing chase, the driver tried several times to overtake the patrol car, according to the Freilassing Federal Police report. "Due to the extremely risky driving behavior, several road users were endangered," emphasizes the German police.

The tractor was traveling with this Opel(Bild: Bundespolizei Freilassing)

The life-threatening journey ended in a cul-de-sac near a sewage farm on the B21 in Schwarzbach. After stopping, the driver fled on foot. Shortly afterwards, officers were able to arrest the man: a Moldovan (21). Meanwhile, the eight Syrians waited in the Opel: Five were sitting in the back seat, three others in the trunk. Among them were two teenagers (17 and 12).

The Bavarian public prosecutor's office requested the arrest of the driver, who also did not have a valid driver's license. No one was injured in the incident. Some of the Syrians were brought back to Austria as they had already applied for asylum here. Another group was sent by train to Munich, where they will apply for asylum.