Around 150 police officers searched several objects during a drug raid on apartments and asylum accommodation in Baden-Baden and in the Rastatt district.
A spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office in Baden-Baden said it was about the suspicion of commercial trade in narcotics in asylum accommodation. Private apartments had also been searched since the early morning around 6 a.m. and amphetamines, marijuana and cocaine had been seized – in what quantities was not initially known.
According to the spokesman for the authorities, the investigation has been ongoing since last year. “We found people going in to the shelters and coming out with drugs,” he said. People have also repeatedly been caught with drugs who, according to their own statements, had bought them in the shelters. Ecstasy tablets were also traded.
Ten suspected drug dealers, including a woman, were identified and some of them were provisionally arrested in the morning. According to the information, larger quantities of drugs were seized, especially in the woman’s apartment. A search is being made for other suspects. Some of the suspects had already attracted attention through acts of violence in the past, it was said. Special forces were therefore also on site. According to the information, the State Criminal Police Office was also involved in the several months of undercover investigations.
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