Police find about 800 cannabis plants in an empty hall in Kalbe
On 2 October 2026 a patrol in Kalbe (Milde) followed cannabis smell into a vacant building on Breiten Weg, found an indoor grow of about 800 plants, and arrested two Albanian men aged 32 and 56 who were remanded the next day; THW helped dismantle the site.
On Friday afternoon 2 October 2026 patrol officers in Kalbe (Milde), Sachsen-Anhalt, smelled cannabis
coming from a vacant building on Breiten Weg.[1][2]Inside they found an indoor plantation of about
800 plants of different heights and two Albanian nationals aged 32 and 56, who were provisionally
arrested.[1][2]
Police from the Stendal inspection, the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel precinct and the state criminal
office dismantled the grow with help from the Technisches Hilfswerk.[1][2]On Saturday 3 October,
on application by the Stendal prosecutors, a judge remanded both men in custody.[2]
MDR noted that this was already the second large cannabis find in Kalbe in 2026 and that
investigators would check for a link; that earlier case is not part of this report.[1]
Photos and video
Rows of potted cannabis plants under grow lights and ducting in the Kalbe indoor hall.Photo details
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