The researchers have intercepted 700 kilos of cannabis on Schwechat Airport in recent months alone. 25 drug couriers were arrested – one of them even had 40 packages of hashish, a total of 23 kilos in his suitcase. The researchers promise: “We don’t leave.”
It is a billion dollar company that runs unscrupulous drug bosses with frightening daring: via coded Facebook groups they recruit unsuspecting couriers who smuggle them from Thailand for a free holiday and 3000 euros kilos from Thailand. But the police are decisive against it!
Drug floods through noses at the airport
In the past nine months, the border police on Schwechat Airport took an incredible record: 25 arrests, 700 kilos of cannabis secured! The couriers – usually young men and women between 25 and 40 years old from England, Romania, the US, Holland or Switzerland – had a clear goal: the hot goods continue to transport to Great -Britain, Germany or Spain. But for many the journey did not end in London or Madrid, but in an Austrian prison.
Luxury holiday as a camouflage for cool drug activities
The stitch is always the same: the couriers are lured by the Mafia with all-inclusive trips to Thailand (where Hasch was more or less legalized). You will then receive your “order” at the destination. They hide vacuum packaged hashish in seemingly imperative suitcases – often tens of kilos per person. The risk? High. The wages? Ridiculous.
A researcher describes the “Kroon”: “Most couriers believe that they can slide unobtrusively. But we know the tricks – and don’t let us be fooled!”
British courier was captured at the last minute!
The last case again shows how professional the police work at Vienna Airport: on April 2, a 36-year-old Brit in Bangkok checked in, his suitcase on the way to London. What the Mafia had not calculated: the Austrian researchers.
Then the direct hit with a luggage check: 40 packages hash, a total of 23 kilos! The Brit was placed before departure – and immediately became known. Now he is in the Korleuburg judge and he has to stay behind bars for years.
The fight against the drug mafia continues
Despite the enormous strokes against the organizations, the company remains lucrative. The customers are usually safe abroad, while their henchmen end up in prison.
An experienced researcher summarizes it: “As long as there are stupid couriers, the Mafia will use it. But we will not let go.” The airport managers Dr. Günther ofner and may. Julian Jäger is in any case about this strong stronghold against this special criminal pride.
One thing is clear: a strong wind for drug smugglers is blowing in Schwechat. And if you think you can just walk on with a full suitcase, you will end up in prison faster than you would like. In the case of the British it was that in Korleuburg!
On the island, the prison authorities now see themselves overwhelmed by the stream of drug loops! In German: the ‘prisons’ of his Majesty King Charles can no longer seize much of the Hashers.
Source: Krone
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