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Drugs Sold for 384,000 Euros: Dealers from Lower Austria and Styria Caught

Fünf Drogendealer wurden in Niederösterreich und der Steiermark ausgeforscht und festgenommen.
Fünf Drogendealer wurden in Niederösterreich und der Steiermark ausgeforscht und festgenommen. ©APA (Sujet)
The police have taken five suspected drug dealers from Lower Austria and Styria into custody. The suspects from the regions of Neunkirchen and Hartberg-Fürstenfeld are suspected of having sold cannabis herb worth about 200,000 euros, cocaine for approximately 180,000 euros, and ecstasy tablets worth 4,000 euros. The five individuals were transferred to the Wiener Neustadt correctional facility. According to information from Thursday, 28 buyers are being reported to the public prosecutor's office.

Investigators initially tracked down a 27-year-old from the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district, as well as a 28-year-old and a 37-year-old from the Neunkirchen district. The trio is said to have operated a trade in cannabis herb, ecstasy tablets, and cocaine in Lower Austria, Styria, and Burgenland. On February 19, the three men were arrested. During simultaneous house searches, around 330 grams of cannabis herb and eight grams of cocaine were seized, the Lower Austrian police announced in a release.

Drug Dealers: Three Suspects Confessed, Two Refused to Testify

A 23-year-old suspected cocaine dealer and a 33-year-old who allegedly traded in cannabis herb were arrested in March and April. During house searches in the Neunkirchen district, 200 grams of cannabis herb were discovered.

Three suspects confessed during their interrogations, while the other two refused to testify. The five men are said to have sold a total of about 20 kilos of cannabis, around 500 ecstasy tablets, and approximately 2.25 kilos of cocaine, as investigations and interviews with buyers have revealed.

(APA/Red.)

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