Cigarette machine blown up: Police are urgently looking for witnesses in Wehr!

On January 5, 2025, a cigarette machine was blown up in Wehr-Bernet, near the stem point. The blast was reported to the integrated control center in Waldshut at 6:40 a.m. after the event took place around 6:30 a.m. The machine was completely destroyed by the explosion, and the cigarette packs were several meters above the railway tracks and the federal road 34.

The estimated property damage amounts to around 2500 euros, while the value of the stolen goods cannot yet be quantified, but is expected to be less than the property damage. The police assume that the perpetrator was disrupted in the crime because numerous cigarette packs around. In this context, the police are urgently looking for witnesses who can provide information about vehicles or people who are connected to the crime. Information can be given to the Bad Säckingen police station on 07761 9340 or to the criminal police in Waldshut on 07741 83160. The message was sent by the Freiburg police headquarters at 8:01 a.m.

similar incidents in Thuringia

cigarette machines are not only victims of explosions in Wehr-burnet. There were several similar incidents in Thuringia around New Year's Eve. For example, four machines were blown up in Erfurt. On New Year's Eve, there were explosion locations on Auenstrasse in the Andreasviertel and in Stollbergstrasse in Ilversgehofen. These explosions also damaged two parked cars. Further machines were blown up on New Year's Night on Magdeburg Allee and Ernst-Toller-Straße in Johannesvorstadt.

The damage incurred in Thuringia is at least 14,000 euros, whereby the value of the prey is still determined. In Altenburg, two machines were also damaged by fireworks, with several thousand euros being captured. The explosions were not limited to Erfurt; Automats were also blown up in cities such as Gera, Ronneburg and Oberböhmsdorf. In Unterwellenborn, parked vehicles were damaged by flying parts. In Bad Salzungen, a machine was blown up on Clara-Zetkin-Straße, with cigarettes and cash being captured. In all cases, witnesses are searched for, such as mdr.de reported.