Frankenthal / Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. Suspicion of commercial and gang trafficking in narcotics, etc. - 11 suspects in custody and 49 search warrants executed
Suspected commercial and gang dealing in narcotics, etc. - 11 suspects in custody and 49 search warrants executed
On Tuesday (November 30, 2021), more than 700 emergency services carried out search warrants on 49 residential and business addresses in the Rhein-Palatinate district, in Ludwigshafen, Haßloch, Frankenthal, Speyer, Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg), Viernheim, on behalf of the Frankenthal public prosecutor's office (Hesse), Brühl (Baden-Württemberg) and Wilhelmsfeld (Baden-Württemberg).
On the basis of findings from decrypted data from encrypted mobile phones, among others from the provider Encrochat, yesterday's measures were preceded by several months of intensive and extensive investigations by the Frankenthal public prosecutor's office, the Ludwigshafen criminal police, the Rhineland-Palatinate state criminal investigation office and the Frankfurt am Main customs investigation office.
At the request of the Frankenthal public prosecutor's office, in an extensive complex of proceedings processed by the Rheinpfalz police headquarters, arrest warrants were issued against three urgent suspects on suspicion of commercial and gang trafficking in narcotics in large quantities and against another suspect for illegal trafficking in narcotics in not issued a small amount. The two 35-year-olds and the two 36- and 38-year-old men were arrested on November 30, 2021 and brought before the magistrate, who executed the pre-trial arrest warrants against them.
In addition, a 49-year-old was provisionally arrested because the search results gave rise to the strong suspicion of illegal trafficking in narcotics in large quantities. The suspect was also brought before the magistrate. At the request of the public prosecutor's office in Frankenthal, he issued a pre-trial arrest warrant.
The suspects arrived in correctional facilities.
According to the investigations so far, there is a suspicion that these five suspects and another seven suspects between the ages of 32 and 63 traded several thousand kilograms of cannabis and several dozen kilograms of cocaine or laundered money from drug trafficking, especially in the area of the Vorderpfalz have.
In another extensive complex of proceedings conducted by the public prosecutor's office in Frankenthal in cooperation with the State Criminal Police Office of Rhineland-Palatinate and the customs investigation office in Frankfurt a been.
Two 38-year-olds and two other suspects aged 34 and 37 were also arrested on November 30, 2021 and brought before the magistrate, who executed the pre-trial arrest warrants against them. Another suspect could not be arrested; he is wanted.
In addition, three suspects aged 30, 47 and 57 were provisionally arrested because the search results gave rise to the strong suspicion of illegal trafficking in narcotics in large quantities. The suspects were also brought before the magistrate. At the request of the public prosecutor's office in Frankenthal, he issued pre-trial arrest warrants. Two of the suspects were taken to correctional facilities. One suspect was spared from being held in custody.
According to the investigations so far, there is a suspicion that these eight suspects and a further 16 suspects between the ages of 29 and 47 imported, manufactured and traded amfetamine, cannabis and cocaine, as well as raw materials for the manufacture of drugs in the three-digit kilogram range, particularly in the area of the Vorderpfalz .
During the searches, extensive evidence, various narcotics (including approx. 15.3 kilograms of cannabis, approx. 8.6 kilograms of amphetamine and approx. 2.2 kilograms of hashish, small amounts of cocaine and an indoor plantation) and several weapons (including a live firearm, four checkguns, brass knuckles and a machete).
With the execution of arrest orders worth over 7.8 million euros, seven high-quality vehicles, luxury watches and jewelery were seized, bank accounts were seized and real estate was mortgaged. There is a suspicion that these were financed with money from the trade in narcotics.
In addition to forces from the police headquarters in Rhine-Palatinate, the State Criminal Police Office in Rhineland-Palatinate, the customs investigation office in Frankfurt am Main, the Federal Criminal Police Office and tax investigation, special units and special forces from the police headquarters for operations, logistics and technology and the federal police were also involved in the operational measures.
Source Frankenthal public prosecutor
