Dortmund: BPOL NRW: Public Search: Unknown person steals backpack from train

BPOL NRW: Public Search: Unknown person steals backpack from train

The Federal Police are searching for a suspect using images from a surveillance camera, who stole a traveler's piece of luggage from an express train at Essen Central Station on May 19, 2024. The unknown woman also made several withdrawals from the victim's bank account. At around 5:15 pm, a 33-year-old was on the ICE 1030 from Cologne to Hamburg.

During the longer stop at Essen Central Station, the German man got out to smoke a cigarette on the platform. He left his backpack, which he had covered with his jacket, at his seat on the train. An unknown woman took it, left the express train, and fled from the central station in an unknown direction. The man from Hamburg only noticed the absence of his backpack some time later during the journey, as the piece of clothing was positioned in such a way that it gave the impression that the backpack was still underneath. The victim visited the Federal Police station in Hamburg that evening. At this point, he had already noticed severa