Unna raids find 1,000 cannabis plants; six arrested across NRW
On 21 January 2026 police in Kreis Unna executed thirteen simultaneous search warrants over commercial cannabis growing and resale, finding about 900 plants in a Unna warehouse and 100 more in a flat, arresting six people in Germany and remanding four in custody.
Early on 21 January 2026 the Kreis Unna police force carried out thirteen
coordinated searches in a case of unauthorised commercial cannabis cultivation
and resale.[1][2]
Sites in Unna, Holzwickede, Werl, Altena, Neheim-Hüsten, Bergneustadt and
Wachtendonk were raided, alongside four addresses in the Netherlands handled
by Dutch officers.[1][2]Officers seized several illegal plantations, drug
production equipment and cash.[1][2]
WDR reported two large grows in Unna and Altena, with about 900 cannabis plants
in a Unna warehouse and another 100 in a flat; police used shipping containers
to remove the plants.[2]In Holzwickede, where a expected third plantation
was not found, investigators still seized larger quantities of cannabis.[2]
Six people were arrested in Germany and two more were encountered by Dutch
police.[1]WDR said all six German suspects were brought before a judge; two
alleged ringleaders from Unna, aged 41 and 55, and two accomplices from
Arnsberg and Werl were remanded, while custody against a 45-year-old from
Holzwickede was suspended on reporting conditions.[2]The Dortmund prosecutor’s
office said enquiries were continuing.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
6
Plants destroyed
1,000
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Living plants (1,000 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Field
Grown
Outdoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Polizei NRWpolizei.nrwDEUnna/Holzwickede – Gemeinsame Pressemeldung der Staatsanwaltschaft Dortmund und der Kreispolizeibehörde Unna: Mehrere Objekte in Unna und Holzwickede wegen unerlaubten Anbaus und gewinnbringenden Weiterverkaufs von Cannabis durchsucht
WDRwww1.wdr.deDERazzien gegen mutmaßliche Cannabis-Bande: Beschuldigte in U-Haft
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The official press release does not give plant counts; WDR reported 900 plants in one Unna warehouse and 100 in a flat, plus a large quantity of processed cannabis in Holzwickede without a weight.
Searches also ran in Werl, Altena, Neheim-Hüsten, Bergneustadt, Wachtendonk and four Dutch addresses; outcomes outside Unna and Holzwickede are not broken down here.
WDR said a separate inquiry by prosecutors in Hagen covers one suspect arrested in Altena.
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