A mysterious series of break-ins at the Altenwerder container terminal in the port of Hamburg has been keeping customs and police in the Hanseatic city busy for weeks. What are the perpetrators doing there?
Apparently they tried again under the supposed cover of darkness: Six men were arrested by the police on Friday night at the Altenwerder container terminal in the port of Hamburg. The suspects are said to belong to a gang that has been causing considerable unrest among the authorities and the terminal operator for weeks.
Because something similar has been happening regularly on or on the premises since mid-June. It was not until Wednesday night that the police caught three people after they had climbed the meter-high fence to the security area, and the officers put a fourth outside the terminal.
It is a mysterious and long-lasting series of burglaries or attempted burglaries at the container terminal that is causing the authorities great guesswork. According to the police, the perpetrators have tried or even managed to penetrate the port area in the south of the Hanseatic city in a total of around 15 cases since the night of June 10th to 11th – almost every day. Since then, more than 45 suspects have been temporarily arrested, a spokesman for the Hamburg police said in an interview with the star with.
Port of Hamburg also hub for illegal goods
Despite the many arrests and initial investigations, the police and customs are faced with the question: what makes the Altenwerder container terminal so attractive to criminals?