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The police in North Rhine-Westphalia searched almost 30 homes of suspects in the field of drug crime in several cities.
With the support of the riot police and dog handlers, drugs worth around 100,000 euros and several weapons were confiscated on Tuesday morning.
A total of 19 suspects were arrested, as the district police authority in the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis said on Wednesday.
During the house searches, a total of almost nine kilograms of marijuana, over 20 grams of cocaine, around one and a half liters of amphetamine oil, several thousand LSD tablets, over 500 grams of amphetamine and over 200 ecstasy tablets were seized.
Baseball bat confiscated
The officials also found an amphetamine kitchen and a marijuana plantation under construction.
The police also confiscated a baseball bat, stun gun and firearm.
According to the police, the provisionally arrested were young people as well as men and women between the ages of 14 and 56 years.
An arrest warrant was issued against the 56-year-old suspect, all other suspects were released after the police measures.
ala / dpa