A taxi operator accidentally found an exact copy of his car in Cologne. As local newspapers reported, the model, color and even the license plates were identical.
Affected by the doublette is therefore the entrepreneur Adem Altay. "An employee of mine had seen it by accident," Altay said. He drove off immediately with his car - a black VW Polo - and called the police.
With the copy of his car, according to Altay theoretically all sorts of crimes could have been committed. The police would probably have been at his doorstep, Altay said.
A police spokeswoman confirmed the news agency dpa the incident. The car was stolen. It was a well-known scam that the perpetrators then paid attention to a car of the same color of the same type, which had its registration number copied and copied. With that they hoped not to attract attention.