A 40-year-old driver has been driving without a license for six years, so he now has to go to jail.
The man was checked during a routine vehicle inspection in the Bornbruch-Ost car park on the A5, as the police announced in Darmstadt on Tuesday.
The 40-year-old showed a photo of his driver's license on his smartphone during the inspection on Monday.
Mörfelden - However, the officials found that the man's license had been withdrawn six years ago.
Since he has not been driving without a driver's license for the first time since then and did not pay a fine of 9,000 euros, according to the police he now has to go to jail as an alternative.
dpa