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Hamburg Raids Over €2.9 Million Drug-Money Transfers Leave One 21-Year-Old in Custody

Investigators say the transfers point to a work-divided laundering system supporting large cocaine operations.

Overview

  • Police executed court-approved searches at a Bahrenfeld apartment, securing more than €10,000 in cash and other evidence for analysis.
  • Authorities say at least 96 transfers between late July and September 2025 moved more than €2.9 million, largely received and forwarded to others.
  • One 21-year-old suspect was placed in pretrial detention following a judge’s order, while his brother was released due to a lack of detention grounds.
  • The probe is led by the LKA 62 drug unit and the Hamburg public prosecutor’s office, and investigators do not rule out further arrests.
  • The case grows out of a broader investigation that included provisional arrests in September 2024 and a January 2025 arrest linked to alleged cocaine imports in the three-digit kilogram range.