At about 20:00 on Thursday evening 10 September 2026, plainclothes officers in Wurselen noticed a car travelling along Krefelder Strasse toward Willy-Brandt-Ring and called for a patrol car to carry out a traffic check.[1] The driver ignored the patrol team’s stop signals, accelerated and tried to evade the check.[1] Officers briefly lost sight of the car near Broichweiden and then found it parked at the roadside on Parkstrasse.[1] A man who ran a few metres away toward a field path was caught after a short pursuit through gardens and over roofs and was secured with handcuffs.[1] Police identified the man as a 26-year-old from Alsdorf who had previously come to police attention and held no driving licence.[1] The Thursday-evening attempt to evade the traffic check led to a short chase.[2]
A search of his trouser pocket found four-figure cash.[1] Because the car smelled strongly of cannabis, officers obtained a search warrant for it.[1] A drug-detection dog searched the car and found several containers holding a substance that appeared to be narcotics.[1] Near the car the dog also found a bag containing a larger quantity of cannabis that could be attributed to the 26-year-old.[1] A drug pre-test on the suspect was positive for cocaine and cannabis, and officers took a blood sample from him.[1]
The 26-year-old was provisionally arrested and taken into police custody.[1] Officers seized the cash, the drugs and the vehicle.[1] Criminal police opened investigations into driving under the influence of drugs, driving without a licence, suspected unauthorised drug dealing and endangering road traffic.[1]
