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Two Held After Raids at 21 Sites in Three German States Over Major Drug Case

Prosecutors say the operation followed an undercover investigation into large-scale narcotics trafficking.

Overview

  • About 200 officers, including special units, searched locations in South Brandenburg as well as Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt under the lead of the Brandenburg state criminal police.
  • The action targeted ten suspects over allegations of dealing drugs in significant quantities, weapons offenses, and aggravated extortion.
  • Two suspects were taken into pretrial detention on warrants from the Frankfurt (Oder) district court.
  • Investigators seized two high-end vehicles, more than €70,000 in cash, a suspected live firearm with ammunition, and digital devices, and they found cannabis and ecstasy.
  • Sites included Cottbus and the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, with local reports indicating searches in Senftenberg.