Two Saarbrücken brothers held with 7.3 kg of marijuana at Luxembourg border
German customs arrested two brothers from Saarbrücken on the German-Luxembourg border around 18 November 2016 and found 7,263 grams of marijuana and 6,030 euros in cash on them. A follow-up search of their home added 521 grams of marijuana, 809 grams of hashish and 4,000 euros in suspected drug money, and Saarbrücken prosecutors issued arrest warrants for the 29- and 32-year-olds.
German customs officers arrested two brothers from Saarbrücken on the
Luxembourgish-German border a week before the case was reported.[1]The men
had 7,263 grams of marijuana and 6,030 euros in cash on them when they were
stopped.[1]The brothers were 29 and 32 years old.[1]The German customs
office in Frankfurt am Main described the two as drug traffickers.[1]The
public prosecution in Saarbrücken issued an arrest warrant for both brothers.[1]
Customs said a follow-up search of the brothers’ home produced a further 521
grams of marijuana, 809 grams of hashish and 4,000 euros of suspected drug
money.[1]The Frankfurt office announced the border arrest and the
house-search results only later.[1]
Hans-Jürgen Schmidt of the Frankfurt customs office said investigators were
trying to establish who the drugs were being delivered to and whether more
people and customers were involved.[1]Schmidt said customs were also checking
whether the brothers were responsible for other earlier drug flows and, if so,
on what scale.[1]
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The article gives no exact date for the arrests, saying only that they happened a week before its 25 November 2016 publication; 18 November 2016 is an approximation.
The report does not name the border crossing where the men were stopped or the place of the house search.
No charges, court dates or outcome were reported; prosecutors had issued arrest warrants and the customs investigation was continuing.
Only one accessible account of this event was found; no German customs or prosecutor statement could be opened.
The article prints the prosecutor's office as "Saarbücken"; this report uses the city's standard spelling, Saarbrücken.
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