Filming on eight new episodes has begun in Duisburg, and there is plenty going on at the largest inland port in the world:
Suspected drug smuggling at the container port, ATM bombings, and then there is the internal audit landing at the station. Gerhard Jäger (Markus John), Arda Turan (Yasemin Cetinkaya) and boatman Mark Neumann (Timmi Trinks) are kept busy on water and on land — while their colleague Frank van Dijk (Niklas Osterloh) daydreams about plans to sail around the world. The new trainee on board, Klara Proske (Bianca Nawrath), stirs up unrest: she is the daughter of the police commissioner. All the more reason, then, for Chief Inspector Carsten Heinrich (Stefko Hanushevsky) to be under scrutiny, given that his high clearance rate is owed solely to the covert investigations of the water police.
Meanwhile, "Wapo" boss Maria Kruppka (Karen Böhne) has to grapple with the internal audit that is examining the efficiency of the water police. What to do with the internal matters that put the future of the station at risk? Of all times, IT mastermind and team assistant Lena Preser (Romy Vreden) is caught up in the stress of studying just now and cannot fully support her boss. Meanwhile, Jäger's daughter Nadine (Karen Dahmen) is not only investigating with forensics, but also catches on to the budding romance between her father and forensic pathologist Dr Lisa Reitzig (Shermin Bauer).
In the latest cases of "WaPo Duisburg", the team delivers not only brilliant investigative results but also plenty of humour in true Ruhr Valley style. And not only after hours, where landlady Helga (Antje Lewald) stands by the team with advice, support and a little tipple.
From around mid-February 2025, 16 episodes (seasons 3 and 4) of the successful crime series are expected to air on Das Erste.
Production: Warner Bros. International Television Production Deutschland GmbH for ARD
Casting: Bärbel Bodeux