Mittelsachsen: customs raid finds 795 cannabis plants near Grimma
On 27 October 2026, Dresden customs officers searched four sites in Grimma, Rochlitz and Erlau and found an indoor plantation with 795 cannabis plants and about 4.7 kg of harvested marijuana. Two suspects were remanded; seven men aged 23 to 60 are under investigation.
🇩🇪 Grimma, Mittelsachsen, Saxony · Germany
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Arrested
2
Plants destroyed
795
Cannabis
4.7 kg
On 27 October 2026, the Dresden customs investigation office, on orders from the
Chemnitz public prosecutor, searched four addresses in Grimma, Rochlitz and Erlau in
Saxony.[1][2] Inside they found an indoor cannabis plantation with 795 plants and
about 4.7 kg of marijuana already harvested.[1][2]
Two men were arrested and remanded in custody.[1][2] Investigators say a group of
seven men aged 23 to 60 is suspected of running the site in a serious breach of
Germany’s cannabis consumption law.[1][2] Officers also seized grow lights,
ventilation gear, two air rifles, shotgun shells, an anti-aircraft shell, a drone and
electronic devices.[1]
The customs service said the 4.7 kg alone had an estimated street value of about
47,000 euros.[1][2] Enquiries by customs and prosecutors were continuing.[1][2]
About 200 customs, police and city officers checked 12 bars, shisha bars and shops in eastern Leipzig on 2 November 2026 in an anti-clan operation. Officers logged seven narcotics and cannabis-law violations and found larger quantities of narcotics in a commercial property on Eisenbahnstraße, with no separate cannabis weight published.
On 27 October 2026 criminal police searched five addresses in the Rhein-Sieg district and found about 900 early-stage cannabis plants in three converted cellar rooms of a house in Troisdorf-Spich. Three suspects aged 42 to 49 were photographed and released while inquiries continued.
Police searched the Hanf.com hemp shop on Theaterstraße in Landshut on 9 October 2026 and seized about 1,500 items including seeds, cuttings, hemp tea and CBD flowers. Founder Wenzel Cerveny called the fourth Landshut search disproportionate; no charges were brought that day.
In early October 2026 Westpfalz police and the state criminal office searched the empty former Gasthaus Gerlach in Konken after a power outage exposed tampered cables. They secured 640 cannabis plants, 632 cuttings and about 50 kg of harvested buds, with a street value they put near €1 million; no operators had been named when figures were released.
