Germany: Police puts former federal armament secretary under arrest

Ex- federal armament secretary under suspicion

Investigators imprison Pfahls and Holzer

Former German armament secretary Pfahls was already condemned by the judges to several years in prison during the Schreiber trial. The former Christ Social politician is renewdly caught and with him arms lobbyist Holzer. He is supposed to have deceived creditors. The investigators searched furthermore homes troughout Germany.

The situation is "extraordinaire"(delicate) because Germany's current minister of defense zuGuttenberg is also from Bavaria and belongs to the same party as Pfahls.