51-year-old released after 600 g of cannabis found in Beverungen flat
Police searching a flat in Beverungen, North Rhine-Westphalia, found about 600 grams of cannabis flowers packed ready for sale, amphetamine, untaxed tobacco, cash and a gas pistol. The 51-year-old resident was released after identification and the case against him continues.
Officers of the Höxter district police authority (Kreispolizeibehörde Höxter)
searched a flat in Beverungen, North Rhine-Westphalia, and seized drugs, untaxed
cigarettes, cash and a gas pistol with ammunition.[1]The search took place on
the morning of Friday, 6 November 2026.[2]In the flat officers found about
600 grams of cannabis flowers packaged ready for sale and about 450 grams of
amphetamine.[3]
The haul also included 112 cartons of untaxed cigarettes and 60 untaxed liquids
for e-cigarettes.[1]WDR reported that the untaxed cigarettes and e-cigarette
liquids had been illegally imported.[2]Officers also found cash in a higher
four-digit amount whose origin is not known.[1]
Police are examining the seized items and calculating a possible street sale
value.[3]The flat’s 51-year-old resident was recorded for identification and
then released, because he had not previously come to police attention and no
further grounds for detention existed.[3]The proceedings against him are not
yet concluded.[1]
Photos and video
Items seized in the Beverungen flat search laid out on a table. Photo: Kreispolizeibehörde HöxterPhoto details
The accounts differ on the number of untaxed cigarette cartons: the Höxter police statement and Polizei.news report 112, while WDR reported 120; the police figure is used.
No charge has been filed and no court date was reported; the case remains at the investigation stage.
The street sale value of the seized items had not been calculated when the reports were published.
The cash was described only as a higher four-digit amount of unknown origin, so no figure is recorded for it.
The amphetamine and the untaxed tobacco and e-cigarette liquids found in the same flat are not counted in the cannabis figures.
Whether the cannabis was intended for sale was not established beyond police describing the flowers as packaged ready for sale.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in WDR: A gas pistol with ammunition was also seized; such pistols fire blank, irritant or signal rounds rather than live ammunition.
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