The investigations against the arms dealer and firing range operator, who is said to have given the former interior minister Lorenz Caffier (CDU) a pistol, have been discontinued for a sum of 3,000 euros.
A spokesman for the Rostock public prosecutor said on Wednesday.
An admission of guilt is not associated with this, but no one has denied the process so far.
Rostock - According to the information, the man had been investigated for granting advantages.
The investigation against Caffier for accepting benefits continued.
For years, police officers from the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and other federal states trained on the firing range of the arms dealer.
The "Schweriner Volkszeitung" had previously reported.
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Caffier resigned as Minister of the Interior in November 2020 when the 2018 arms acquisition became public.
He claimed to have bought the gun.
However, he has not yet provided any evidence of this.
The value of the weapon was given as around 800 euros.
With such a sum, proceedings against a monetary payment can be discontinued.
However, special standards apply to public officials if they are guilty of accepting benefits.
Thus it says in Section 331 of the Criminal Code: “A public official, a European public official or a person particularly obliged for the public service who demands, allows himself to be promised or accepts an advantage for himself or a third party, is punished with up to three imprisonment Years or fined. ”Dpa