Overview
- The trial began Friday at Landgericht München I with five men charged with organized drug trafficking and the prison chaplain facing a separate bribery count.
- Prosecutors say the synthetic cannabinoid known as 'Spice' was soaked into squared DIN‑A4 paper, written on and mailed into JVA Stadelheim, with a single soaked page worth about €400.
- Investigators say smuggled mobile phones were used to arrange deliveries and sales inside the prison, forming a communications link between inmates and people outside.
- Two defendants admitted their involvement at the opening hearing and the chaplain told the court he acted because of heavy debts, burnout and costly personal expenses while denying he knowingly smuggled drug-laced letters.
- The court has scheduled nine hearing days through the end of October and the case is fuelling scrutiny of staff screening and how correctional facilities detect drug-soaked paper and contraband phones.