Berlin (dpa / bb) - An employee of a car workshop in Berlin-Spandau found a folder with child pornographic images while cleaning a car.

The folder is said to have been under the vehicle seat on Thursday afternoon, the police said on Friday.

Investigators then searched the apartment of a 60-year-old in Spandau and seized further evidence there.

The suspect now has to answer for possession of child pornography, it said.