Overview
- A coordinated end-of-January action captured a 31-year-old suspect during a drug handover near the autobahn by Hannover.
- Searches at addresses in Hannover-Herrenhausen and Langenhagen uncovered large quantities of drugs, cash, and weapons.
- Two truck drivers, aged 61 and 51, were arrested on their return toward Spain near Heilbronn with support from southern German police.
- The Amtsgericht Hannover ordered pre-trial detention for all five suspects on allegations of trafficking in narcotics.
- Investigators also seized about one kilogram of cocaine and described the haul as one of the district's largest in recent times.