Heroin smuggling case from Iran; two new arrests in Germany

The trial of a heroin truck smuggling case is ongoing in the court of the western German city of Koblenz. Four people are being investigated by the German judiciary in connection with an international drug gang. The final destination of the drugs is Belgium or the Netherlands.

The Koblenz prosecutor's office and the Berlin customs investigation office announced that two more suspects have been arrested in connection with the smuggling of one ton of heroin. Police searched the home of a 38-year-old man in the western German city of Münster and found irrefutable evidence of his involvement in the smuggling operation, while another suspect was caught in Romania.

Both suspects are currently in the custody of the Koblenz prosecutor's office and are being questioned.

The investigation into this international case is being handled by the Berlin-Brandenburg Customs Investigation Department, which began in November 2019 with the tracking of a truck carrying 1,100 kilograms of heroin. The shipment was smuggled from Iran to Europe in collaboration with an international drug gang.

The Koblenz city court has been trying two other men in the same connection since December 22nd.

The truck in question had originally been intercepted during border and customs checks in Kazakhstan, and the heroin was discovered and seized there. However, half a kilo of it remained in the truck and was transported to Germany.

According to a spokesman for the Koblenz prosecutor's office, neither of the two suspects have yet provided any information about the investigation. "It was initially thought that Germany was a transit route for the goods to reach their original destination, Belgium or the Netherlands, but the smugglers suddenly stopped in Andernach and did not continue their journey," said a spokesman for the Berlin-Brandenburg customs investigation office.

The city of Andernach is located in western Germany in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the routes leading to Belgium and the Netherlands.

Source: DW