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Police arrests 11 in Europe drug raid
Police operatives in five countries across Europe raided residential and commercial properties early Thursday morning in a coordinated operation, targeting organised drug crime.
A total of 32 properties were searched and 11 arrest warrants executed in the operation carried out in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain.
The office for the prosecution of organised crime in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and local police in Bonn said in a statement that one person was temporarily detained too.
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“The operation primarily targeted the area around Cologne and Bonn in western Germany,” the prosecution office stated.
“Investigations are ongoing, as the raids are part of the preliminary inquiry into suspected drug trafficking involving significant quantities.”
The goal of the operation is to secure evidence and assets related to alleged criminal activities, it added.
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