Four youths checked in Düren; cannabis and ecstasy found on minor
Düren municipal officers checked four youths at the Frankenstraße playground on Halloween night after finding a minor smoking a joint, seizing cannabis and ecstasy plus a blank-firing pistol and fireworks. Police took over the youths for criminal review, while officers separately shut a loud party in Nord-Düren after about 25 to 30 guests left.
🇩🇪 Spielplatz an der Frankenstraße, Düren · Germany
Düren’s municipal public-order service ran reinforced controls across the city
during Halloween night.[1]Early in the evening a patrol checked the
playground on Frankenstraße and found four young people there.[2]Officers
found that one minor among them was smoking a joint.[2]A follow-up check
found cannabis and ecstasy as well as a blank-firing pistol and fireworks on
him.[2]Officers called in police for further criminal examination, and police
took over the young people and further measures.[2]
Around 0:45 the service was alerted to a loud Halloween party in an apartment
building in Nord-Düren.[2]Loud music and partying could already be heard
outside the building and night quiet in the stairwell was considerably
disturbed.[2]The organiser was told to end the party and send home guests not
living in the flat, but he did not comply at first so police were called for
support.[2]After police arrived and spoke again with the organiser, about 25
to 30 guests left within about 20 minutes and the party ended.[2]The service
described the Halloween night overall as largely quiet, with officers following
public tips and intervening in two cases.[1]
No weight or amount was published for the cannabis or ecstasy, so no cannabis quantity can be recorded.
The sources describe a check and handover to police for criminal review but do not state an arrest, detention, charge or court outcome.
The sources give only Halloween night for the controls; 31 October 2026 is used as the incident date while both pages were published on 4 November 2026.
The Aachener Zeitung page is paywalled beyond its intro and first paragraph, so detailed facts rely on the city statement.
The only image on the submitted page is generic Halloween imagery from Rheinland-Pfalz credited to Martin Schutt/dpa, not this seizure, so no media entry is included.
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