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Hesse Raids Hit Alleged Cocaine Network in Operation Donau as €31 Million Frozen

Digital evidence from 45 searches is under forensic review to map the network’s finances, including potential weapons ties.

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Bei einer Razzia gegen die organisierte Kriminalität im In- und Ausland haben hessische Ermittler drei Menschen festgenommen. Sie sollen Teil einer Bande sein und mit Kokain gehandelt haben, wie das hessische Landeskriminalamt in Wiesbaden mitteilte.
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Overview

  • Police arrested three suspects on warrants and are searching internationally for the alleged 48-year-old ringleader.
  • Officers searched 45 homes and businesses in Frankfurt and Offenbach, with parallel searches in Serbia and Austria, seizing €50,000 in cash, real estate, land, three vehicles, luxury goods worth about €5 million, a live firearm, and multiple devices and documents for analysis.
  • The 54-year-old wife of the alleged boss and two associates, aged 49 and 55, are in pretrial detention following the operation.
  • Prosecutors say the group moved more than two tonnes of cocaine from South America over roughly two years and funneled proceeds into companies and international property to conceal the money’s origin.
  • Investigators report provisional detention of four women and eight men who were later released, and they are examining allegations of weapons trafficking and violent enforcement.