Overview
- EKO Kajal executed two arrest warrants on Thursday, June 25, and after an investigating judge confirmed the warrants the two men were delivered to different correctional facilities on Friday, June 26.
- The suspects are an 18-year-old and a 26-year-old described by police as Pakistani nationals, with the 18-year-old accused of raping minors and the 26-year-old suspected of supplying narcotics to minors.
- Special support units (USK) of the Bavarian Bereitschaftspolizei carried out the arrests in Fürth and at an Erlangen shopping centre as part of a targeted operation linked to the Nuremberg central station area.
- Since EKO Kajal was formed about five weeks ago investigators, working with the Nuremberg-Fürth public prosecutor, have arrested eight suspects so far and say intensive measures will continue without interruption.
- The investigation focuses on how dealers allegedly made girls and young women dependent on drugs before abusing them, a pattern that police say has raised urgent safety concerns around the transport hub and will shape further policing and prosecutorial steps.