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Police Raid Organized Drug Cell in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Seizing €1.3 Million in Narcotics

Six suspects face a magistrate hearing over a €1.3 million narcotics haul from coordinated raids in Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt

Overview

  • Police conducted searches at five sites in Saxony and 21 premises in the Burgenlandkreis district of Saxony-Anhalt
  • Officers uncovered six kilograms of crystal meth, 70 kilograms of marijuana, 3.5 kilograms of cocaine and one kilogram of ecstasy
  • Investigators also confiscated two luxury cars, several thousand euros in cash, knives, blank-firing guns and prohibited pyrotechnics
  • The six detainees, aged between 25 and 36, were provisionally arrested on suspicion of gang-style trafficking
  • The operation was carried out by Polizeiinspektion Halle and Staatsanwaltschaft Halle as part of a wider EU effort to dismantle organized drug networks