Overview

• More than 400 officers, including special units, conducted coordinated morning raids led by Ludwigsburg criminal police.
• Investigators seized forbidden club vests, weapons, drugs and medications during the searches.
• A suspected live firearm was found in a 44-year-old's apartment; the man was arrested and is to be brought before a judge.
• Operations spanned sites in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate, with a larger deployment in Weil der Stadt near Stuttgart and actions in the Munich and Germersheim areas.
• Authorities say the suspects face allegations of bodily injury offenses and other crimes within the group, and the police president vowed not to tolerate public shows of force.