Overview
- Authorities completed a multi‑day hazardous‑materials operation at a 500‑square‑meter warehouse in Nauen, moving seized substances to secured storage in twelve containers.
- Roughly 400 kilograms of finished 3‑CMC and 4‑CMC and more than €200,000 in cash were confiscated during the clearance.
- Two suspects, a 41‑year‑old from Poland and a 50‑year‑old from Ukraine, are in pretrial detention on organized drug trafficking allegations.
- Three officers suffered minor chemical burns from vapors at the outset, and the cleanup involved disaster protection units, firefighters, THW personnel, chemists and specialized disposal firms.
- The operation’s lead called it the largest lab he has seen in over 30 years, and investigators are evaluating chemicals, phones and documents as media estimate a street value of about €4–4.8 million.