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Driving license from the GDR (symbolic image): A man showed a GDR passport
Photo: Soeren Stache / dpa
The police pulled a car out of traffic in a parking lot on Autobahn 72 south of Chemnitz with the abbreviation "DDR" on its license plate.
According to the police, the three letters on the license plate came after the location code.
At the check on Wednesday morning, the 61-year-old driver then presented a GDR passport, the police said.
However, the car was not a Trabi, but according to the information it was a Volkswagen.
The number plates, which had no official seal, and the passport were secured.
The man was able to identify himself with his driver's license.
During the check, the police officers also found that the man did not have a license for his car.
The car was also not compulsorily insured.
The driver is now being investigated, among other things, for license plate misuse.
ptz/dpa
