Overview

• Oldenburg police detained the 34-year-old during a prison furlough in an investigation tied to a major cocaine smuggling attempt.
• A pretrial detention order was issued, and prison leave privileges for the suspect have been suspended.
• Police say he was involved in planning the takeover of a triple‑digit kilogram quantity of cocaine with other accomplices.
• Officers searched an apartment and business premises in Oldenburg to secure evidence.
• The case links to a June operation in which 3,600 kilograms of cocaine hidden among bananas were seized in Southampton before the container moved on to Hamburg and a Winsen (Luhe) warehouse, where six suspects were arrested.