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JUDICIAL investigation has In launched in West Germany ) complaints by lorry drivers t they are being blackmailed police patrols on the autoins.
'he drivers — from Germany other EEC countries — med that police have offered :urn a blind eye to minor infoments such as over-loading ;peeding.
return they have allegedly nanded a "present" from the /er's load — a crate of beer, t, or frozen cutlets of meat. )ther drivers claim that police ,e threatened them with a rough inspection of their iograph unless they agree to ,operate".
enior Prosecutor Waldemar brock is heading the inquiry ) cases which have been reted from autobahns in the gen-Munster area of North ne Westphalia.
We have just begun our inquand we can't say at this stage v many people are involved,"