Raid against cigarette thieves: the police combed several federal states!

In a large-scale search campaign against alleged cigarette thieves, over 300 police officers in the State of Lower Saxony were deployed on Tuesday morning. The Nienburg/Schaumburg police inspection carried out the investigation in cooperation with the Bückeburg public prosecutor's office, supported by other police inspections from Göttingen and Hameln-Pyrmont/Holzminden as well as the State Criminal Police Office in Lower Saxony and the Göttingen and Osnabrück police department.

The investigation focuses on ten accused aged 36 to 64, which have been targeted by the investigators due to commercial and structured heavy band theft of tobacco theft. The campaigns took place in several federal states, including Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg and Berlin. The Bückeburg district court ordered the search of a total of 15 objects, including petrol stations and supermarkets. This was necessary because the police found an accumulation of thefts in their area of ​​responsibility.

results of the searches

During the searches, the officials found extensive evidence, including tobacco products, clothing, mobile devices, cash and a short waffle magazine with seven sharp cartridges. In addition, three cars were confiscated, which are prepared for confiscation. Further thiefs, namely tobacco products, were discovered in a searched vehicle. The total amount of the stolen goods caused millions.

Four of the men were shown to a judge and were taken into custody, while two more were dismissed after identification treatment. So far there has been no precise information about the exact number of arrests. During the operational measures, the wife of a suspect had to be treated on the basis of a weakness. The evaluation of the ensured objects and the follow-up investigations are currently still underway, as SHG Aktuell . Also West-Ost-Medien