Drogen-Gangs zerschlagen: Mega-Fund bei Razzien in Wien und NÖ

In a crackdown on drug-related crimes in Lower Austria and Vienna, eight suspects were taken into custody. According to the state police department in St. Pölten, of St. Ștefan, cannabis, heroin and cocaine with a street value of 850,000 euros were secured, as well as two handguns. The investigations of the State Office of the Criminal Police of Lower Austria had been going on for a year.

Initially, a 55-year-old Austrian man was identified who is believed to have rented apartments and single-family houses in Vienna and Lower Austria to the group of perpetrators and sublet them to non-existent people using forged IDs. The man was arrested and taken to Wiener Neustadt prison.

In a house search in Mönichkirchen (Neunkirchen district) on 11 November, a defunct indoor plant was discovered. According to the police, about 120 kilograms of cannabis plant were produced there.

In another home search two days later in St. Andrä-Wördern (Tulln district), a working professional indoor cannabis plantation with 1,920 plants was secured. Three Serbian citizens aged 24, 30 and 34 were arrested. According to investigations, this plantation is expected to have produced approximately 240 kilograms of cannabis plant from the fall of 2023 to June 2024.

During simultaneous searches of apartments in Vienna-Favoriten and -Simmering, a 31-year-old Serb living illegally in Austria, believed to be responsible for the Mönichkirchen plantation, and a 27-year-old Croatian-Serbian citizen years. they were arrested. Twelve kilograms of dried cannabis flowers and one kilogram of cocaine were seized.

Two days later, an apartment in Vienna-Ottakring was searched. There, two kilograms of heroin, one kilogram of cocaine, 880 grams of cannabis resin, cutting agents and a loaded gun were seized. A 34-year-old Austrian was handcuffed. On November 25, a 21-year-old man was arrested in Vienna-Leopoldstadt. A loaded gun was confiscated from the Austrian citizen.

The power-hungry operation of the two cannabis plantations involved meter manipulation to steal electricity. According to the Provincial Police Directorate of Lower Austria, the damage to the network operator amounts to 1.5 million euros.

All the accused were handed over to the Wiener Neustadt prison on the orders of the prosecutor’s office. The house searches and arrests were carried out with the support of officers from the Directorate of Special Units (DSE) – Cobra Task Force, of the Rapid Response Forces (SRK) of the Provincial Police Directorate of Lower Austria, of the Task Force for Combating Street Crime in the Office of the Lower Austrian State Criminal Police and police officers from the districts of Neunkirchen and Tulln.

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