Overview
- Prosecutors in Bamberg filed charges on March 16, 2026 against five suspects aged 25 to 57, who remain in pre-trial detention.
- Authorities allege the group packaged and shipped drugs worldwide while sales were arranged on Darknet marketplaces and via messenger apps with cryptocurrency payments.
- Investigators seized nearly 85 kilograms of narcotics in a February 2025 search in Landkreis Eichstätt, including 26 kg of amphetamine, 19 kg of ketamine, 13 kg of MDMA, and about 140,000 Lorazepam tablets.
- Digital forensics of seized media indicate additional shipments of substances such as heroin, cocaine, Ecstasy, methamphetamine, Speed, ketamine, cannabis and Viagra, with five- to six-figure proceeds.
- The case stems from months of joint work by the Bavarian cybercrime office, the state criminal police and the FARO unit, and the regional court will decide whether to admit the indictment.