Münster (dpa / lnw) – In investigations against drug dealers in the Münsterland, Ruhr area and the Netherlands, the police in Münster came across a drug laboratory. According to a joint statement from the police and the public prosecutor’s office on Tuesday, a search in a warehouse at the end of March revealed significant quantities of drugs. There were further searches in Beckum in the district of Warendorf, in Lienen in the district of Steinfurt and in the Netherlands. The police seized two firearms, ammunition, a crossbow, a machete, a money counting machine, 100,000 euros in cash and drugs such as cocaine and hashish with a sales value of 300,000 euros.
Since then, three suspects between the ages of 34 and 38 have been in custody. The discovery at the end of March was preceded by investigations into 33 suspects in North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands. In October, five men between the ages of 27 and 43 were arrested from Münster, the Coesfeld district and Dortmund.