North Rhine-Westphalia: loosen activists: police buy hundreds of liters of cooking oil

Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The first police authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia have already stocked up on hundreds of liters of cooking oil to remove stuck climate activists from the streets.

North Rhine-Westphalia: loosen activists: police buy hundreds of liters of cooking oil

Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The first police authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia have already stocked up on hundreds of liters of cooking oil to remove stuck climate activists from the streets. According to a query by the State Office for Central Police Services (LZPD), 18 of the 47 district police authorities had procured 550 liters of cooking oil for around 1,630 euros at the beginning of the week. The "image" had previously reported.

Background: In the middle of last week, the police authorities were instructed that all 10,000 officers on patrol duty and in the hundreds should learn how to loosen stuck climate activists. The materials should be procured locally. The most suitable - according to an internal police instruction - is sunflower oil. You also need a wooden spatula.

According to a spokesman, the Düsseldorf police want to put together 75 such sets, for example. In the state capital, as in Cologne, there had recently been actions by glued climate activists.