Passenger quaffs fine wine blocked by Frankfurt airport security, lands huge fine
A pensioner’s trip to Thailand was ruined last week when he decided to drink two bottles of wine which didn’t get through a security check at Frankfurt Airport.
Police in Bavaria called out to deal with drunk and disorderly racoon
What was at first thought to be a dying animal on Friday morning in northern Bavaria, turned out to be just a tipsy raccoon.
Man seriously injured by combine harvester after taking drunk nap in field
A 39-year-old man was badly wounded by the blades of a combine harvester after he fell asleep in a field on Friday evening.
Drunk driving teacher busted after pupil crashes car into house
A driving teacher failed to stop a crash during a lesson because he was too drunk to brake in time.
Drunk woman applies for police, loses driving license
Being under the influence is apparently not something German police are looking for in a candidate.
Unlicensed, uninsured and drunk man smashes cop car
A 50-year-old in southern Germany woke up in hospital on Monday with a head made sore by more than just the car crash he caused.
Drunk man dies trying to cross Autobahn on foot
When two drunk men tried to cross over the motorway by foot looking for a place with liquor, one of them was hit by a car and died.
Drunken British stag party kicked off plane in Berlin
A British stag party ended abruptly when a Ryanair pilot diverted a flight to Berlin, where German police temporarily took into custody six young men and levelled misdemeanour charges, according to an AFP report.
Mother saves drunk son from freezing to death
A worried mother in Bavaria rescued her drunk teenage son from freezing to death on Tuesday night after he fell asleep in a snow-covered ditch in temperatures of minus 10 degrees.
Boozy cyclist slapped with 15-year bike ban
A university student has been banned from riding his bike for a whopping 15 years after police caught him pedalling blind drunk through the streets of his home town of GieĂźen, <i>Bild am Sonntag</i> reported Sunday.
Man run over by two trains escapes with scrapes and bruises
A drunk man who bunked down for a night’s sleep in a railyard near Erfurt narrowly escaped it being his last. After being run over by two trains he walked away with minor scratches.