Officials from North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse have arrested several accused who are said to be part of a child porn ring. According to a spokesman for the police Bergisch Gladbach several people are in custody. First, the "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger" and the "Kölnische Rundschau" reported.
According to police first a man from Bergisch Gladbach was arrested. He is suspected of abusing children in his home, having filmed and distributed the deeds. You have found several terabytes of data - it should be about hundreds of thousands of pictures and videos.
Several people detained
In the course of the evaluation of the material one had encountered further suspects. There have been arrests at Wiesbaden and the Lower Rhine - several people are now imprisoned.
The spokesman did not specify the number of defendants or their personal details. Three public prosecutors from North Rhine-Westphalia and one from Hesse participated in the investigation.