Police seize 250 plants and 70 kg of cannabis in Hiddenhausen raid
Herford detectives searched a former food-processing firm in Hiddenhausen on 7 January 2025 after witnesses reported a cannabis plantation. They seized more than 250 hemp plants, over 70 kg of marijuana and almost 1 kg of hashish, which police valued at at least half a million euros.
Detectives from the Herford criminal investigation department searched an industrial building in Hiddenhausen on Tuesday 7 January 2025.[1]The building had housed a food-processing company, and witnesses had reported that hemp was being grown there as a plantation for marijuana production.[1]The search was carried out under a warrant as part of a drug investigation led by the Bielefeld public prosecutor’s office.[1]
Officers seized more than 250 hemp plants, more than 70 kilograms of marijuana and almost 1 kilogram of hashish from the premises.[1]Police put the street value of the drugs at at least half a million euros.[1]The investigation into suspected gang and commercial production of and trafficking in narcotics in not insignificant quantities is continuing.[1]
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The release gives the quantities as more than 250 plants, more than 70 kg of marijuana and almost 1 kg of hashish, while the figures record the stated numbers.
The whole account rests on a single police press release, as no independent press coverage was found.
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