Overview
- Police coordinated a national operation across 44 provinces that led to 539 arrests, including 47 minors, and 954 people formally charged.
- Officers seized about 703 kilograms of drugs, roughly €300,000 in cash, 49 firearms and 87 bladed weapons during searches of 1,182 properties.
- The force checked about 188,000 people, including more than 19,000 minors, with many controls concentrated in nightlife and known drug-dealing areas.
- Investigators identified 973 social media profiles promoting hatred or violence and referred two accounts to the judiciary for possible blocking, and prosecutions and follow-up probes are continuing.
- The raids, conducted on Monday, have prompted calls from government figures for tougher measures on juvenile crime and raise questions about policing of vulnerable youths in reception facilities and the next steps in court cases.