Overview
- The haul, discovered Sunday at Frankfurt Airport, weighed about 654 kilograms and arrived as airfreight from the United States.
- Officers found 1,309 vacuum-sealed parcels concealed beneath stacked solar modules.
- A 30-year-old man from Nauheim was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of arranging the illegal import.
- A Darmstadt judge ordered pretrial detention Thursday, a common step when courts see flight or collusion risk.
- Investigators are checking the declared recipient, a suspected shell firm in Darmstadt, for ties to a wider trafficking network.