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Police Raids in Duisburg and Kassel Seize Drugs, Cash and Weapons

Court-backed searches advanced cases through a Duisburg detention alongside a Kassel prison transfer.

Overview

  • In Duisburg, a 25-year-old witness reported a suspected sale, prompting a warrant-backed search of a Hochfeld business.
  • Officers seized dealer-denomination cash, ready-to-use drug portions, cocaine and a blank-firing gun, with a drug dog assisting.
  • A judge ordered pretrial detention for the 46-year-old suspect, and the city’s public order office shut the business.
  • In Kassel, OE City detectives searched five apartments with support from Bereitschaftspolizei, securing drugs worth several thousand euros, weapons and cash.
  • Observations around Lutherplatz led to further searches that uncovered cocaine plombs, about 350 grams of cannabis and a blank-firing revolver, while one man with four warrants was taken to prison and others were released for lack of detention grounds.