Overview

• Police searched 18 locations in North Rhine-Westphalia on August 27 following links uncovered by the Saarland state criminal police.
• Four arrest warrants were executed in connection with three ATM blasts carried out in 2024.
• The cases involve attacks in Rheinland-Pfalz, Hessen, and the Saarland that investigators say are connected.
• NRW and Saarland police conducted the operation for the Saarbrücken prosecutor’s office with support from the EU’s ISF Lumen program.
• The probe remains ongoing as part of broader cross-border investigations into organized ATM attacks.