Overview
- Police say a 36-year-old dropped a small bag of suspected cocaine during a 14:15 Thursday appointment at the probation service inside the Kassel court building on Frankfurter Straße.
- A specialist OE City unit assessed the substance as likely cocaine and noted the quantity exceeded 20 grams, crossing a significant threshold under German law.
- Investigators searched the man's apartment in Süsterfeld‑Helleböhn the same day and seized about seven grams of cocaine, more than 40 grams of amphetamines and several ecstasy tablets.
- Authorities opened proceedings on suspicion of commercial trafficking in narcotics based on the on-site discovery and the follow-up seizure.
- After being brought before a magistrate, the man was released because no grounds for pre-trial detention were found, and the investigation continues.