Overview

• Police in Duisburg searched five apartments and two commercial properties on October 7 and detained three men aged 27 to 32.
• The Duisburg suspects are accused of buying and reselling cannabis in the three‑digit kilogram range under a commercially organized scheme.
• Officers in Duisburg seized small amounts of narcotics, a firearm, mobile phones and laptops, and no one was injured during the operation.
• The local court in Duisburg suspended arrest warrants for two suspects under conditions, while a third remains in pretrial detention.
• In Gelsenkirchen early October 8, police arrested two men aged 30 and 35 near the main station after a brief chase, later seizing drugs, cash, fine scales, packaging material and weapons including a baton and a sword from a nearby kiosk.