Overview

• The 43-year-old suspect was arrested on May 7, 2025, in Südhessen on charges of trafficking Serbian-made semi-automatic weapons and multi-kilogram quantities of narcotics since 2020.
• Raids conducted by Hessian police and prosecutors resulted in the seizure of large quantities of drugs, including cocaine, marijuana, and hashish, as well as encrypted phones, cash, gold, and silver assets.
• The suspect allegedly used SkyECC and Anom encrypted phones to facilitate illegal transactions with organized crime groups in Germany.
• The Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt has filed four charges against the suspect, who remains in pre-trial detention following a hearing before a Darmstadt investigative judge.
• This operation builds on prior investigations in the Rhein-Main region, which have already led to convictions and prison sentences for five other individuals involved in related offenses.