Police responded to reports that two young men entered a fenced construction site in Meppen and climbed a 50-metre-high construction crane. The incident happened on Friday, 13 November 2026, at around 21:46, on the Bahnhofstraße in Meppen. Two men aged 19 and 22 reportedly got onto the site without authorization and climbed onto the crane. How high they actually went was not known. Police officers who were alerted arrived at the scene and found the two men on site. The police used the incident to explicitly warn people about the dangers of such actions. Unauthorised climbing is described as carrying significant risks, including severe or even fatal falls from even small heights. According to the police, a misstep, slippery surfaces or the absence of safety equipment can lead to serious injuries. The danger is said to be hard to judge in the dark. The police appealed to people not to enter fenced construction sites and not to climb onto cranes or other construction machinery. The latest status of the investigation was not specified. A police investigation is continuing, with officers taking the incident as a warning against unauthorised crane climbing.