Man remanded in custody after 162 g of marihuana seized in Neustadt
Police in Neustadt an der Weinstraße searched the residence of a 39-year-old man on 9 November 2026, seizing 162 grams of marihuana along with amphetamine, ecstasy, LSD and a blank-firing pistol. The man was arrested and remanded in custody on suspicion of commercial trafficking in cannabis and other narcotics.
🇩🇪 Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate · Germany
Police in Neustadt an der Weinstraße searched the residence of a 39-year-old man
on Monday, 9 November 2026, under a search warrant issued by the Frankenthal
District Court.[1]Officers arrested the 39-year-old resident at the scene and
brought him before an investigating judge the same day.[2]At the request of
the public prosecutor’s office, the judge issued an arrest warrant remanding him
in custody on urgent suspicion of commercial trafficking in cannabis, commercial
trafficking in narcotics in an illicit quantity, and narcotics possession.[2]The suspect was subsequently transferred to a correctional facility.[1]
During the apartment search, officers found and seized162 grams of marihuana
alongside 260 grams of amphetamine, approximately 900 millilitres of amphetamine
base, 113 ecstasy tablets and 36 LSD trips.[1]The search teams also
confiscated a blank-firing pistol and matching ammunition found on the premises.[2]
The raid followed extensive investigations conducted jointly by the Frankenthal
public prosecutor’s office and the Neustadt criminal police into suspected drug
trafficking.[2]Authorities stated that the investigation by prosecutors and
police remains ongoing.[1]
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No street value was published for the seized marihuana or the other confiscated narcotics.
The amphetamine, amphetamine base, ecstasy and LSD are non-cannabis controlled substances; only the 162 grams of marihuana are included in cannabis figures.
The suspect was remanded in custody awaiting trial, and no formal indictment or court verdict had been reached when authorities announced the seizure.
Both accounts stem from the joint press release issued by the Frankenthal public prosecutor's office and the Rheinpfalz police headquarters.
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