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A man from Berlin is said to have given instructions to pilots of airplanes and helicopters via radio and thus endangered air traffic.
The flight instructions had seemed "increasingly professional" over the past six months, the police said.
They could have triggered "dangerous flight maneuvers".
According to the information, the investigators caught the 32-year-old in the act on Friday night in Berlin-Köpenick and arrested him.
The distance from there to Berlin Airport is just over ten kilometers.
The man is said to have made several radio contact with passenger and transport aircraft as well as the joint helicopter of the federal police and the Berlin police.
In order to clear up the acts, the Federal Police deployed specialists from the flight service and technical reconnaissance, and the Federal Network Agency provided support.
The police tweeted the message with the note: “For everyone who recently asked us about our police helicopter operations in Koepenick.
Not an everyday arrest. "
According to the police, the man was found to have two radios with the appropriate frequencies.
The devices were confiscated as evidence.
The investigation is based on the urgent suspicion of multiple dangerous interference in rail, ship and air traffic.
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