Helicopter search: Bundespolizei relies on surprise effect at the border

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The new federal government has ordered stricter controls at the borders. One means of monitoring the crossings is the helicopter flight inspection. The Federal Police at Waldsassessen shows exactly how such an action takes place.

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For stronger border controls, the Federal Police in Bavaria also relies on spontaneously occupied control points by helicopter. A spokesman said that the so-called helicopter-jumping investigation should help in the control of smaller border crossings as in the Oberpfalz at the Bundesstraße 299 near Waldsassen (Tirschenreuth County). Federal police officers are dropped from a helicopter at non-continuous border crossings in order to control arri…