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Six-Day Hazmat Operation Clears Massive Nauen Drug Lab

Investigators now focus on tracing accomplices after a hazardous six-day clearance.

Overview

  • The clearance of the 500-square-metre warehouse in Nauen is complete, with twelve containers of hazardous materials transported to interim storage under the customs investigation office.
  • Authorities seized 400 kilograms of finished synthetic stimulants and more than €200,000 in cash from the site.
  • Officials identified the drugs as 3-CMC and 4-CMC and described the production process as massively contaminated.
  • Two men, aged 41 and 50, are in pretrial detention on organized narcotics trafficking charges as investigators pursue further suspects.
  • Three officers suffered minor caustic injuries from escaping vapours on the first day, and disaster relief, fire brigades, THW and specialised chemists and firms handled the disposal.