Overview
- Police in North Rhine-Westphalia, which launched the operation Tuesday at 4 a.m., searched more than 50 sites across 28 cities with special units on standby.
- The Interior Ministry outlawed the 'Hells Angels MC Leverkusen' chapter under an association ban, a tool that dissolves groups and allows asset seizures.
- Investigators named 44 suspects aged 21 to 59, and officers provisionally arrested the Leverkusen chapter president on a warrant.
- Authorities reported seizing motorcycles, weapons and drugs, and said secured assets could reach about €2.5 million, including items found in a Langenfeld workshop and a Lünen bank box.
- Police Düsseldorf and the ZeOS NRW prosecutor unit are leading active cases on suspected criminal-organization membership tied to drugs, weapons and extortion, with further prosecutions expected after evidence review.