Drug raid in Landsberg: 300 kg of Captagon worth 20 million euros!

Drug raid in Landsberg: 300 kg of Captagon worth 20 million euros!

In a shocking drug discovery, the police in Landsberg, Saxony-Anhalt, ensured around 300 kilograms of capagon. This find is one of the greatest conflicts of this substance in Germany and has an estimated sales value of over 20 million euros. The drugs were cleverly hidden in pallets with oil fruits, as reported by the Tagesschau.

The campaign took place as part of an investigation and brought more than 20 suspicious pallets to light. Four of these were examined in terms of crime, and the large amount of around 1.7 million tablets of Captagon came to light. It is currently unclear who is behind this illegal business. The suspects are not in Germany, which also makes the investigation more difficult, as well as the Tagesspiegel.

Danger and spread of captagon

But what exactly is Captagon? This highly addictive drug contains fenetylline as well as caffeine and other stimulants. Originally produced in the 1960s and 1970s in Germany as a medication against attention disorders, it was removed from the market in the 1980s due to serious side effects. In the 2000s it appeared as an illegal stimulant in Eastern Europe and especially in the Middle East. The smuggling of this drug about Germany has now accepted billions in trains. A new trade route leads over the northern Iraq with target countries such as Saudi Arabia, such as the ARD Mediathek.

security experts are concerned and urgently demand structural investigations against the masterminds of these criminal machinations. While individual henchmen are repeatedly convicted in Germany, the backers usually remain undisturbed, which further tightens the situation and the fight against this drug trade makes it difficult.

Investigations and outlook

The safety balance of the security forces can be expanded: In the past three years, tablets worth around 130 million euros have been confiscated in Germany, which, however, only corresponds to about 10% of the smuggled drugs. In view of such figures, it is obvious that effective measures are necessary to combat captagon trading if you want to cope with the problem.

The development in Landsberg could be considered a warning shot for everyone involved: the closure of drug channels requires a good knack and committed investigative work in order not only to grasp the small fish, but also the big backers. So it remains to be seen how the authorities will react to this massive drug discovery.