Overview
- Small blue-yellow stickers in areas such as the Schanzenviertel link scanners to messenger channels that take drug orders for home delivery.
- Hamburg police say they are aware of the tactic, have ongoing investigations, and are catching couriers "in beachtlicher Taktung" in the act.
- BDK chairman Jan Reinecke reports a steady rise in delivery syndicates and drivers, pointing to shrinking narcotics squads and a prosecutor’s backlog of tens of thousands of cases as reducing pressure on dealers.
- The union outlines pay of €8–10 per handover and fixed monthly salaries up to about €4,000, with promotion pathways inside the networks.
- Local reporting describes rapid access and low prices, with cocaine delivered in roughly 30 minutes and offers around €50 per gram.