Overview
- Officers searched sites in Charlottenburg, Wilhelmstadt, Moabit, Wittenau, Niederschönhausen and the Brandenburg town of Velten.
- A 23-year-old was arrested after police linked a live firearm in a waist bag to him in Fasanenstraße and found 23 portions of suspected drugs.
- Two blank pistols were secured from the 23-year-old’s home in Moabit, and he was to be brought before a judge on Tuesday.
- Separate searches tied to an illegal arms-trading probe found a live firearm and ammunition at the 35-year-old suspect’s Wittenau residence and his company site in Niederschönhausen, with a court appearance set for Wednesday.
- The coordinated operation involved the LKA, customs, tax investigators and the Spandau regulatory office, with identities of 52 people recorded, 44 vehicles checked and one unlicensed driver detected.