Drug smugglers arrested in Wels: police smash huge network!

Drug smugglers arrested in Wels: police smash huge network!

A massive success in the fight against drug trafficking: a drug smuggling network with connections from Germany to Austria was smashed by the authorities. As kosmo.at , two main suspects aged 33 and 37 were caught when they were taken to Austria with a considerable amount of cocaine on their way back to Austria became. The investigation that has lasted since 2020 led to a total of six people and another 48 ads according to the Narcotics Act.

The drugs were largely distributed via bars in Bosnia and a fast snack in the Upper Austrian district of Vöcklabruck. With the income, the suspects not only financed their own drug use, but also gambling and repayed construction loans. The public prosecutor's office in Wels has intensified the investigation, while the main suspects are in custody.

Cooperation of Europe

In the context of parallel investigations, the European Police Authority of Europol has launched a large-scale offensive against another international drug network, as . A total of 40 suspects were arrested in about a dozen countries, including Brazil and Turkey. The investigation that took several years was initiated by the discovery of 700 kilograms of cocaine in front of the Canary Islands in 2023. These drugs were smuggled from South America through sea routes and distributed in various European countries. In total, the authorities in this context pulled around eight tons of cocaine out of circulation and confiscated assets worth dozens of millions of euros.