Braunschweig. The police arrested three men – the main suspect comes from Braunschweig. The secured funds are worth 1.2 million euros.
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With the confiscation from 143 kilograms of marijuana, 50 kilograms of hashish and the arrest Three suspects are investigators from the Central Criminal Police Inspectorate in Braunschweig (ZKI). Coup succeded. The police describe the success as a “successful strike against the international drug trade” – in cooperation with the Polish office for organized crime in Gdansk and the Braunschweig public prosecutor.
What happened? The Braunschweig investigators have been observing one since September 2021 43-year-old man from Braunschweig, who was suspected of running a “thriving illegal trade” in narcotics. The investigators used the encrypted messenger service EncroChat.
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As early as December 21, a buyer of the drug from the environment of the 43-year-old Braunschweiger be arrested. When 15 kilograms of marijuana were handed over, the police officers secured another 50 kilograms of marijuana in a garage in Braunschweig. The investigations that followed led to the trail of the dealer responsible. The experts out Danzig helped to further illuminate the environment of the group of perpetrators, it is said.
Criminals hide the narcotics in tomato crates
Then on Friday evening took place in Schleswig Holstein the arrest of three suspects at an A1 rest area. A Polish articulated lorry with a refrigerated trailer had previously crossed the border from France to Germany. The driver of the truck had met the 43-year-old from Braunschweig rest stop near Freiburg/Breisgau met.
Another meeting took place at a rest area on the A1 northeast of Hamburg instead of. Next to the suspect from Braunschweig, the 41-year-old was found here Truck driver and another 28-year-old accomplice arrested. Upon subsequent inspection of the refrigerated trailer, investigators found the narcotics hidden inside tomato crates.
At the request of the Braunschweig public prosecutor’s office, the Braunschweig district court has now issued a ruling pre-trial arrest warrants against the three suspects. The retail value of the seized drug is enclosed around 1.2 million euros.
Police President Pientka praises the “close cooperation”
Chief of Police Michael Pientka emphasizes the good cooperation between the Organized Crime Unit in Gdańsk and the Central Criminal Inspectorate in Braunschweig: “Investigation procedures in the fight against internationally active organized crime structures can only be carried out in close, trusting cooperation on European level be successful. This current process is exemplary.”
