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Water Leak Leads Police to Four-Story Cannabis Farm in Gelsenkirchen

Two men are in pretrial custody after prosecutors sought detention orders.

Overview

  • A 28-year-old café owner traced water dripping from his ceiling to the otherwise vacant building above and called police after encountering two men inside.
  • Officers found a professionally equipped indoor grow operation spanning all four upper floors, with plants at different growth stages under specialized lighting and irrigation.
  • Police seized several hundred cannabis plants, ready-for-sale marijuana, and a long firearm during the operation.
  • With support from the Technisches Hilfswerk, authorities removed and destroyed the plants and cultivation equipment in a high three-digit quantity.
  • The suspects, aged 23 and 44 from Kosovo and without fixed residence in Germany, remain under investigation.