A direct hit for the Frankfurt police at the first inspection.

The man who was questioned about his personal details at a drug aid facility is wanted by an arrest warrant.

He doesn't have any identification papers with him.

Nevertheless, the control runs smoothly.

Afterwards, the man is handcuffed to an emergency vehicle and then to the guard.

A short time later he was picked up there and transferred to a detention center.

The wanted person was checked during the security day on Friday.

This is a day of action by the police forces of several federal states, including Hesse.

The police want to show a strong presence especially on this day.

And it did that in Frankfurt through targeted and large-scale checks in buses and trains, at known hot spots, on the banks of the Main and in road traffic.

Strengthen feeling of security

More than 660 police officers were deployed throughout Hesse, most of them in Frankfurt. With the day of action, the police wanted to consciously strengthen the Hessian population's feeling of security, said Interior Minister Peter Beuth (CDU). And this plan seems to have worked. In the afternoon, police officers systematically checked trams and trams around the main train station in small groups. In the trams, passengers nodded friendly to the officers, most of the people were calm.

Officials asked a number of people for their IDs and where they were going.

At one point they found what they were looking for: a young man had behaved suspiciously in the car.

When he was finally searched at the stop, the officers seized a good six grams of marijuana from him.

After the police recorded his personal details, he was allowed to go - without drugs.

He is facing a criminal complaint for violating the Narcotics Act.

Enlightenment as a further goal

On Security Day, however, the police were not only interested in successful searches. She also wanted to educate. This was particularly evident on the banks of the Main. There the police were represented with several task forces and stopped cyclists and people on e-scooters. In these cases, too, they asked for personal details, and they also checked the vehicle's fitness to drive. Anyone who was allowed to continue was given a leaflet. For example, bicycle owners found out that they can have their bicycles coded by the police. A special identifier is milled into the frame of the bike so that it can be recognized in case of doubt if it is stolen.

The officers also kept an eye on e-bikes and pedelecs. Two police officers from the bicycle relay smuggled into traffic with their own pedelecs at lightning speed in order to intercept a driver on a suspicious e-bike. After they finally caught up with the driver, it turned out that the pedelec had been redesigned. The officers therefore immediately withdrew the bike from traffic. Its owner had to continue on foot.

In the evening, the police controlled cars and drivers on Mainzer Landstrasse.

Here, too, the mood was relaxed.

Controls, which are normally only the responsibility of two police officers, could be carried out by a whole group due to the large number of police officers.

This created calm among the officials, which apparently also carried over to the motorists.

The police imposed minor fines and warned road users, but they were given notice.

Accidentally in the search network

Thirty minutes after the start of the action, however, the traffic on this arterial road subsided. The police action had got around via social networks. Nevertheless, a traffic offender went online: an elderly man at the wheel from Poland misinterpreted the hand movement of an officer who was actually instructing him to drive on. Instead, he drove into the control box and was then checked. An alcohol test showed 1.24 per mille. The journey ended immediately for the man and his wife; the driver had to go to the police station for a blood test.

On the banks of the Main, the police decided on security day after 10 p.m. But she didn't have much to do there. The summary of the head of operations: "There is no fame in prevention, but when I come home today and hear that nobody has been robbed or injured here, then I am completely satisfied with the safety day today."