Overview
- During a routine exit check, Federal Police at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden found the last two pages missing from a 22-year-old's German passport.
- The traveler admitted he had used those pages for notes and then removed them, according to the police account.
- Authorities seized the damaged document and refused the man's departure to the United Kingdom.
- Police opened criminal proceedings for property damage in connection with the altered passport.
- Officials said an emergency travel document could have allowed travel, but check-in had already closed, and they noted such damage is seen periodically though deliberate page removal is unusual.