Overview
- Police and prosecutors said the 42-year-old suspect is a police employee who has been suspended since 2021.
- He was arrested on January 16 in Reinickendorf after an alleged robbery during a staged vehicle sale targeting a 29-year-old.
- According to police, the perpetrators posed as plainclothes officers, seized the buyer's cash, and fled.
- The victim pursued the suspects to Emmentaler Straße, where one allegedly threatened him with a weapon, and a 38-year-old companion was slightly injured without needing treatment.
- Responding officers found a protective vest, a radio, and a soft-air pistol on the detained man, who has been in pretrial custody since January 17 as investigators examine possible additional participants.