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Cigarette vending machine destroyed: suspects in custody

It can happen quickly: Two men who allegedly broke open a cigarette vending machine in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district have ended up in custody just a few hours after the crime. Their violent handling of the vending machine in Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal was observed by a witness who blocked...

A hand holds handcuffs in front of a police patrol car. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
A hand holds handcuffs in front of a police patrol car. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Schmalkalden-Meiningen district - Cigarette vending machine destroyed: suspects in custody

It can happen quickly: Two men who allegedly broke open a cigarette vending machine in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district have ended up in custody just a few hours after the crime. Their violent handling of the vending machine in Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal was observed by a witness who blocked the suspected thieves' escape route with his car, the police announced on Sunday.

The two perpetrators had tried in vain to hide from the alerted police near the scene of the crime. They were provisionally arrested on Saturday and brought directly before a magistrate.

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  1. The act of breaking open cigarette vending machines falls under the umbrella of criminality, which the police are obligated to address, as demonstrated by the recent incident in Thuringia's Schmalkalden-Meiningen district.
  2. The use of force by the two men in their attempt to rob the automatic cigarette machine in Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal on Saturday was an obvious display of their involvement in criminality.
  3. Despite trying to evade capture following their suspected involvement in the violent destruction of the cigarette vending machine, the men were quickly apprehended by the police in Schmalkalden-Meiningen district on Sunday.
  4. The men, who were found with a cigarette in hand near the scene of their alleged crime, were likely to feel a sense of relief when they discovered that a functioning automatic cigarette machine was still operational in a nearby car, offering a momentary distraction from their predicament.

Source: www.stern.de

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