Drug raids, burglary and raid: Chaos weekend in Northern Hesse!

Drug raids, burglary and raid: Chaos weekend in Northern Hesse!

There was a lot going on in North Hesse last weekend. The police were challenged several times and had to deal with various crimes. A 56-year-old man who is suspected of being active in drug crime was arrested in Kassel. According to nh24 , civilian investigators observed the man during the drug sale and found 22 sales of heroin during his control, almost 100 euros Telescopic punch. The procedure for trade in narcotics has been initiated. In the background, this arrest could be part of a major problem, because according to Statista , drug crime in Germany rose by 2 percent in 2023, which illustrates the social challenges in this area.

While the investigators had to deal with the drug position, other incidents also occurred. In the northern town of Kassel there was a brazen slump into the municipal building yard. Unknown perpetrators broke into the property between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning, stole numerous tools such as chainsaws and cutting grinders and even came to the administration building. There they found the keys to an orange Iveco truck and a white VW Caddy. The latter has so far disappeared while the truck was found on a bike path. The total damage amounts to several ten thousand euros, and the Kripo Kassel is investigating in full swing.

attack on the play library

Another alarming incident occurred in Wolfhagen, where two masked men attacked a play library in the early morning. Around 3:30 a.m., the perpetrators threatened the employee present in the shop alone with a knife and tied him, which is particularly feared in such raids. Surprisingly, the robbers failed in the attempt to break the slot machines and ultimately only escaped with an empty plastic box. The employee was able to free himself unharmed and alert the police, which immediately started with a search for the perpetrators, but remained unsuccessful.

The perpetrators were described as male and slim, with a size between 170 and 180 cm and an age of around 30 to 40 years. It was striking that one of them wore a green overall while the other was dressed in white. This description could provide crucial information on the creation of the perpetrators.

Such criminal activities also highlight the security situation in the region and show that the police and the investigative authorities are still required to act against drug crime and raids. The progress in combating drug crime is of enormous importance, since according to Statista A total of around 347,000 drug crime cases in Germany were recorded, which underlines the explosiveness of this topic.