Overview
- Internal Bundeswehr checks triggered a mid-January search of the Helmut-Schmidt-Universität campus, now under criminal inquiry by prosecutors and police.
- Officials report additional suspected cases, with investigators currently treating multiple students as suspects.
- The Bundeswehr has imposed initial immediate disciplinary measures and reiterated a zero-tolerance policy toward illegal drugs.
- Authorities have not disclosed whether narcotics were seized during the campus search.
- Media reports, not officially confirmed, describe an initial suspect allegedly running a sizable on-campus trade starting with cocaine and expanding to other drugs, while separate reviews revisit past claims of degrading initiation rituals.