In the context of “Operation Joker” and the related international police cooperation, drug crime was dealt a blow. 32 arrests have been made in Austria, Slovakia and Hungary, seven of them in this country, a press conference in St. Pölten highlighted on Thursday. The suspect sold drugs with a street value of more than 21 million euros. The organizer is a 37-year-old Slovak resident of Vienna.
In total, almost 300 kilograms of narcotics were seized, emphasizes Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP). He spoke of a “historical research success”.
The mastermind, who lives in the federal capital, is said to have organized the transport of cocaine and methamphetamine from Amsterdam via the border crossing Drasenhofen (Mistelbach district) to Austria since at least 2014, sometimes together with his wife, who has been his for five years. junior. The narcotics were sold by numerous buyers and transported to Slovakia.
Seven arrests in Austria
A total of seven people have been arrested in Austria. In addition to the 37-year-old main perpetrator, the handcuffs also clicked in the morning hours of July 12 in a coordinated action for his 32-year-old wife and for men aged 38 and 40. This quartet was sent to Korneuburg prison by order of the public prosecutor. So far, the statements have been denied.
Onward Entry in Lower Austria
Another suspect was arrested in Deutsch-Wagram (district Gänserndorf) on Wednesday afternoon. The man was arrested by the Cobra task force when he attempted to pass on six kilograms of methamphetamine. Subsequently, searches were carried out in Vienna, Hainburg and Grossengersdorf (Mistelbach district). According to Stefan Pfandler, head of the State Criminal Investigation Department of Lower Austria, the handcuffs clicked for two other people.
The investigation started in March. In addition to the State Police Service of Lower Austria, which is responsible for investigating drug-related crime, the National Criminal Investigation Service of Slovakia (NAKA) and the National Investigative Service of the Hungarian Police Authorities (NNI) were in charge.
Source: Krone
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