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Essen Police Arrest Two Suspected Dealers After Surveillance in Altenessen

Prosecutors opened an investigation into illicit narcotics trade after seizures across a cellar, an apartment, and a mailbox.

Overview

  • Plainclothes officers observed street-level sales on September 28 at the Karlsplatz U-Bahn stop in Altenessen.
  • Police later witnessed additional dealing on Stankeitstraße, including a sale of five cocaine portions to a woman who was stopped and checked.
  • The suspects, a 30-year-old from Guinea and a 41-year-old German, were taken into provisional custody.
  • Searches of a suspect’s car and residence uncovered marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and about €600 in cash.
  • Authorities described the total haul as a not insignificant amount under German law, which shapes potential charges in the ongoing case.