Overview
- Prosecutors in Kiel directed the Schleswig-Holstein state criminal police to execute 14 search warrants across Norderstedt, Quickborn, Kummerfeld, Hamburg and Emden on Sunday and Monday.
- Investigators found two professionally equipped laboratories inside residential properties and dismantled the setups.
- Two men aged 32 and 44 were arrested during the operation, and judges ordered them into pretrial detention.
- Large quantities of suspicious chemical substances were seized and removed by specialized transport companies under hazardous-material protocols.
- Officials say the exact identification of the substances awaits laboratory results, and they declined to confirm media reports naming specific chemicals or suspects while the investigation continues.