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Berlin Confronts Fires, Drug Raids And Road Accidents

Police highlight large drug seizures from 'Kokstaxi' raids that targeted courier cars.

Overview

  • A fire that spread across several balconies in Moabit left two people with minor injuries as 13 firefighters searched flats and a BVG bus sheltered residents.
  • After a vehicle burned near Hohenzollerndamm on the A100, traffic lanes have partly reopened, according to Berlin's traffic information center.
  • About 170 officers searched 10 sites tied to a 'Kokstaxi' drug network and seized about 50 kilos of cannabis, 500 grams of cocaine, a working handgun and roughly €100,000, with a 24-year-old now held by order of a judge.
  • In Altglienicke, a person suffered life-threatening injuries after a car struck them and flung them under a parked vehicle, according to the fire service.
  • The Neukölln apartment fire on Sanderstraße reignited overnight, lightly injuring a firefighter as investigators work to determine the cause.