Two held in Ried cocaine and cannabis inquiry; 50-year-old dealt 3 kg
Upper Austrian police arrested a 23-year-old from the Ried district and a 50-year-old Hungarian national after months of investigation into cocaine and cannabis sales in Upper Austria and Salzburg. Investigators attribute about 3 kilograms of cannabis herb and 2 kilograms of cocaine to the 50-year-old and say they identified about 55 customers.
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A 23-year-old from the Ried district and a 50-year-old Hungarian national were
arrested and held in pre-trial detention over the sale of cocaine and cannabis
in Upper Austria and Salzburg.[1][2][3][4][5]The investigation was run for several months
by the drug unit of the coordinated criminal investigation service in Ried
(Suchtgiftgruppe des Koordinierten Kriminaldienstes Ried).[6]The Ried public
prosecutor ordered house searches at both suspects’ premises with court
approval; the 23-year-old was arrested on that order and the 50-year-old was
arrested after the search.[6][2][4]Both men were taken to the Ried prison and
pre-trial detention was imposed on both.[6][3]Both suspects confessed to the
main allegations during questioning, ORF reported.[7]
Investigators attribute to the 50-year-old the sale of about 3,000 grams of
cannabis herb (Cannabiskraut) alongside about 2,000 grams of cocaine.[1][2][3][4][5]Police say he had been dealing in cocaine and cannabis for profit since 2022,
buying the cocaine mainly from suppliers in Upper Austria and the marijuana from
a woman living in Salzburg, with the handovers in Salzburg.[6][2][3]The drugs were
then sold mainly in the districts of Ried and Grieskirchen.[6]The younger man
had been a cocaine buyer of the 50-year-old and from October 2025 sold on with
him, using his own acquaintances while the older man handled supply and
organisation.[6]The 23-year-old partly admitted selling about 640 grams of
the cocaine, some of it together with the 50-year-old.[1]
Investigators identified about 55 people who had bought drugs from the pair.[1][7][3][4][5]The inquiry also led to the arrest of the woman in Salzburg suspected of
supplying the marijuana, and pre-trial detention was imposed on her too.[6][2][4]The Oberösterreichische Nachrichten reported that the Salzburg supplier is a
50-year-old woman.[8]The case produced evidence of further, partly unrelated
drug offences in several Upper Austrian districts, leading to additional
proceedings and several more suspects arrested, some also held in pre-trial
detention.[6]Police in Ried told the regional outlet Tips that the pair
widened their circle of customers and expanded the trade.[9]
During the house searches police secured further items of evidence, ORF reported.[7]
Investigators also traced about 150 grams of cocaine brought from Hungary into Austria.[7][5]
Case data
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Open questions the AI reported
The sources give no date for the house searches or the arrests; 9 November 2026 is the date of the police statement and of publication, and stands in for the incident date.
The 3 kilograms of cannabis herb is the amount investigators attribute to the 50-year-old as sold, not a quantity seized; no cannabis weight taken in the searches was published.
No cannabis street value was published, and the amounts are given as approximate ("rund", "etwa") rather than as measured weights.
No charges, plea details beyond partial confessions, or court outcome were reported for either man.
The number of further suspects arrested in Upper Austria and Salzburg is not given, so the total number of people detained in the case is unknown.
The reports do not say whether the cocaine and cannabis were analysed or confirmed in a laboratory.
All opened accounts reproduce the same Upper Austrian police press release, so they are a single source rather than independent verification.
The Krone article gives no date for the house searches or the arrests; 9 November 2026 is the publication date and the date of the police statement.
No cannabis weight actually seized in the searches was published; the 3,000 grams of Cannabiskraut is the amount investigators attribute to the 50-year-old as dealt.
The Krone report does not say what evidence was secured in the searches or whether the cannabis was laboratory-confirmed.
The submitted 5 Minuten page carries the same text as the MSN copy already cited in the report, so it corroborates rather than independently confirms the account.
The page is a short regional rewrite of the same Upper Austrian police statement already cited, so it does not independently confirm the account.
The page gives no separate date for the house searches or the arrests; 9 November 2026 is its publication date.
The 150 grams of cocaine brought from Hungary into Austria is a cocaine quantity only; it is not added to the report's cannabis figures, and the report still gives no cannabis weight seized in the searches.
The Pest Megye Online account is a Hungarian-language rewrite citing the ORF report, so it corroborates rather than independently confirms the Austrian police statement.
The page's single picture is captioned as an illustration ("Képünk illusztráció") and is credited to Pest Megye Online / MI, so it is not listed as media.
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