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Cross-Border Raids Uncover Suspected Amphetamine Lab as Dutch and German Police Hit 17 Sites

Europol-backed teams executed 17 searches targeting a network suspected of large-scale amphetamine production.

Overview

  • German police in Wolfenbüttel found a professional but inactive facility believed to produce amphetamine-base, a precursor for millions of doses.
  • At the request of German authorities, Dutch officers searched a house in Groessen, seizing illegal fireworks as specialists removed potentially hazardous materials.
  • Investigators say the probe has been running since December 2024, with an earlier seizure of about 130 liters of amphetamine-base near the border estimated to yield roughly 1.5 million doses.
  • In a separate weapons investigation, police arrested a second suspect after discovering more than one hundred prohibited weapons and large amounts of ammunition at a property in Uddel.
  • FIOD and police in the Rotterdam area arrested two men on suspicion of drug trafficking and money laundering, seizing cash, luxury watches, a car and eight kilograms of cannabis from stash locations.