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Police Confiscate Blank-Firing Gun at Bochum Central Station

An investigation over a suspected weapons-law violation is now pending.

Overview

  • Witnesses reported a visible weapon at the station bus area around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, prompting police to locate and detain a 30-year-old man.
  • Officers found a blank-firing pistol in a thigh pouch with no magazine but one cartridge in the barrel.
  • He lacked the small firearms license that German law requires to carry such guns, so officers seized the weapon and opened a case.
  • Witnesses said they noticed the weapon as the man stepped out of a taxi near the station.
  • He told police he had just found the gun and was released after on-scene checks while the investigation continues.