On Tuesday afternoon, a VW Passat was to be subjected to a traffic check on Essener Straße. However, the 38-year-old driver (Russian) disregarded the police officers' signal to stop and attempted to flee, first driving in the opposite lane towards the Essener Straße / Delitzscher Straße junction and then continuing his journey at high speed on Delitzscher Straße towards Wiederitzsch.
When the vehicle turned onto the premises of a petrol station shortly afterwards, it collided with a stand, which is why the three occupants then continued their escape on foot. Some time later, the driver was caught by the pursuing police officers in an adjacent garden. The 40-year-old passenger was apprehended shortly after leaving the vehicle.
The inspection of the vehicle revealed that it had been stolen in Saxony-Anhalt. The license plates on the vehicle had also been stolen. Two other stolen license plates were in the vehicle. The fleeing driver was also not in possession of a driver's license. A rapid drug test reacted positively to amphetamines and cocaine. In addition, a clip bag containing a crystalline substance suspected of being a narcotic was found on the 38-year-old.
The driver of the VW now faces charges including endangering road traffic, a particularly serious case of theft and driving without a license.
