B 29 control at Lorch: nine drivers under the influence of narcotics, one arrest
Aalen police district officers ran a multi-hour road control on the B 29 at the Lorch-Waldhausen parking lot on Thursday 12 November 2026, checking 589 vehicles and 688 people between 4 pm and 11:30 pm. Nine drivers were under the influence of narcotics, three drove without a valid licence, two committed weapons-law offences; one person was arrested and twelve were barred from continuing.
On Thursday 12 November 2026, Aalen police district officers ran a multi-hour
road control on the B 29 at the Lorch-Waldhausen parking lot, heading toward
Schwäbisch Gmünd, just past the Rems-Murr to Ostalbkreis border.[1]Between 4
pm and 11:30 pm officers checked 589 vehicles and 688 people.[2]
Nine drivers were under the influence of narcotics and three more drove without
a valid licence; two weapons-law offences were also registered during the check,
alongside nine cargo-security violations, two child-safety-restraint failures
and five seatbelt violations.[1]
The Aalen police district statement confirms the same counts: two weapons-law
offences, nine cargo-security, two child-safety and five seatbelt violations,
three drivers without a valid licence, twelve defect reports, six vehicles whose
operating licence had lapsed, nine drivers driving under the influence of
narcotics, twelve people barred from continuing, one arrest and one security
deposit.[2]Twelve people in total were stopped from continuing their journey
at the checkpoint: the police banned them from driving on, one was arrested and
one had to post a security deposit.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency
Polizeipräsidium Aalen
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Baden-Württemberg
Sources
Stuttgarter Zeitungstuttgarter-zeitung.deDEPolizeikontrolle bei Lorch: Neun Drogenfahrer und eine Festnahme: Was die Polizei bei einer Großkontrolle auf der B 29 entdeckt
No figure for the weight of any cannabis or other substance seized or held is given; the nine narcotics-impaired drivers are reported without the specific substances being named or weighed.
The two weapons-law violations are recorded without a description of what was found.
No court outcome or charges beyond the on-the-spot arrest and security deposit have been reported.
Frankfurt officers searched a station-district hotel room during a large city-centre control and seized about 300 grams of hashish alongside almost 3,000 pregabalin capsules. The suspect was arrested nearby shortly afterwards.
Police in Unterhaching, Munich district, stopped a driving school car on 11 November 2026 and a quick drug test on the 21-year-old pupil at the wheel was positive for cannabis. He admitted to over-consuming his medical cannabis prescription; an administrative offense procedure for driving under the influence of drugs was opened.
Traffic police stopped a 39-year-old man from Bergisch Gladbach on 11 November 2026, a day after his driving licence was issued, and a voluntary drug test was positive for cannabis, cocaine and amphetamine. Officers took a blood sample and temporarily banned him from driving; he may have to surrender the licence.
Customs officers stopped a car with two men at Hausmoning near the Austrian border and arrested both after finding about 1 kg of marijuana flowers and about 200 g of hashish in the footwell. The passenger had tried to flee on an e-scooter and had hidden 2,800 euros in his shoes; officers seized the drugs and cash and opened criminal proceedings.
