Overview

• Investigators discovered over 2,000 cannabis plants and several kilograms of packaged product in a warehouse in Schüttorf, Lower Saxony.
• A separate search in Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, uncovered more than 500 plants and about 22 kilograms of ready-to-sell cannabis in a residence.
• Six suspects aged 27 to 42 were arrested and remanded in pre-trial detention by police in Lingen and the Halle public prosecutor’s office.
• Authorities confiscated growing equipment and secured forensic evidence to support ongoing probes into organized drug cultivation.
• Officials described the operation as a significant disruption to cross-regional cannabis networks and black-market supply.