The incident occurred, according to a Police report on Saturday afternoon shortly after 16: 30. A tram passenger reported that he observed during the stop Sihlquai/Hauptbahnhof to the occupants of a grey vehicle, as he aimed a gun out the window. A short time later another message was received by the police – this Time of a pedestrian, who discovered the vehicle together with the allegedly armed inmates at the junction of valley road/bear lane.

A patrol discovered the described passenger cars in the circle 4 at the barracks road and stopped the vehicle “with due caution”, as it says in the media release.

Carrying of imitation weapons is prohibited

In the subsequent control could ensure the officers in the vehicle, an imitation weapon. The two 21-year-old occupants were arrested and taken for further investigations in a police station.

The city police of Zurich indicates the message that imitation weapons are also different for police officers of real weapons and it could therefore “dangerous situations”. Also, the Wearing of imitation weapons is prohibited.

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Created: 15.04.2019, 12:16 PM