The larger raid took place on Eisenbahnstraße on the night to Tuesday to combat clan crime.[1] The reported target was the Anatolia Star Bar at the corner of Eisenbahnstraße and Konstantinstraße.[2] Officers arrived around 22:00, according to TAG24 information.[2] Customs units were joined by Saxony’s LKA, federal police, tax investigators, Leipzig police and the city order service.[3] Around 200 officers took part jointly in the operation.[3][4] Police reported 122 identity checks.[3]

The checks began in the afternoon and covered twelve premises mainly in eastern Leipzig.[3][4] Those premises were bars, shisha bars and retail shops.[3] Officers recorded violations of the narcotics and consumer cannabis law in seven cases.[2][5] They also recorded eight violations of residence law.[3] Three violations of weapons law were recorded.[3] Customs officers seized six kilograms of untaxed water-pipe tobacco in one property.[3] In a Leipzig prosecution inquiry over suspected drug trafficking, a commercial building on Eisenbahnstraße was searched.[3][4] Larger quantities of narcotics were found there and passed to LKA Saxony for further handling.[3] Radio Leipzig described the find as larger quantities of marijuana and other drugs.[1]

Customs said the operation also aimed to gather cross-offence and cross-agency intelligence on clan activities and unlawful structures.[3] The Clan task force was set up at the LKA in 2023 and focuses on the greater Leipzig area.[1]