Rostock: BPOL-HRO: Federal Police Inspection Rostock uncovers unauthorized entry and forged documents

The passenger, a 28-year-old Guinean national, initially identified himself with a valid Guinean passport. Upon closer inspection, he also presented a forged Italian residence permit.

The Federal Police Inspection Rostock initiated criminal proceedings against him on suspicion of document forgery as well as unauthorized entry and stay. The driver of the vehicle, a 35-year-old Swedish national, is accused of aiding and abetting.

In coordination with the Swedish authorities, the federal police officers were also able to initiate the return of the Guinean national to Sweden.

For further inquiries, please contact:

Federal Police Inspection Rostock
Kopernikusstr. 1b
18057 Rostock
Sascha Alexas
Phone: 0381 / 2083 - 1003
Email: bpoli.rostock.contr-presse@polizei.bund.de
Twitter: @bpol_kueste

The Federal Police Directorate Bad Bramstedt, as a federal agency, carries out its duties in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as well as in the North and Baltic Seas and on an event-related basis beyond that.

Its operational units include the Federal Police Inspections in Flensburg, Kiel, Rostock, Stralsund and Pasewalk, as well as the Federal Police Inspection Crime Control Rostock and a Mobile Control and Surveillance Unit. With the Federal Police Inspections Sea in Neustadt in Holstein, Warnemünde and Cuxhaven, it is the only Federal Police Directorate with a maritime operational component "Federal Police Sea" to monitor the sea border in the North and Baltic Seas (Schengen external border).

The Federal Police Directorate Bad Bramstedt employs a total of approximately 2600 staff members, including police officers, administrative officers and wage earners. Based on the Federal Police Act and other laws, it performs extensive and diverse tasks.

These include in particular:
- the border police protection of the federal territory,
- the railway police tasks
- the border police, maritime police and environmental police tasks in the North and Baltic Seas.

Further information about the Federal Police and the Federal Police Directorate Bad Bramstedt can be found at www.bundespolizei.de.