Overview
- Doctors at a Höxter hospital detected amphetamines in the two-year-old’s urine on January 14, prompting a police investigation.
- After a fruitless search of a playground named by the mother, officers obtained a warrant to search the family’s Beverungen residence.
- Police dog Lemmy alerted to boxed solar panels, where tablets had been embedded in epoxy on the backs of 12 finished modules and two partially prepared ones.
- Investigators additionally found about 30 kilograms of Captagon in vacuum-sealed bags, bringing the total seizure to roughly 65 kilograms with a street value estimated in the seven-figure range.
- The child has been discharged and placed under youth-welfare care, and authorities say the cause of her drug exposure remains undetermined.