The federal police and customs have searched residential and business premises in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg in the course of investigations against suspected smugglers.
About 150 federal police officers searched nine properties in Hamburg, the Hanseatic city of Rostock and the Rostock district on Thursday morning, announced the Rostock public prosecutor and the federal police.
Rostock / Hamburg - Four suspects between the ages of 35 and 41 are said to have smuggled Eastern European nationals into Germany and illegally employed them on construction sites.
Asbestos is said to have endangered the health of employees during demolition work.
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During a control at the border near Penkun (Western Pomerania-Greifswald), the federal police caught a burglar wanted by an arrest warrant.
The 31-year-old was on Tuesday as a passenger in a Polish van to Berlin and is wanted for a break-in with gun theft in Poland, as a spokesman for the federal police said on Wednesday.
Police arrest wanted thief in border region
School searches reveal drug stashes
The police searched three schools and several buildings in Limbach-Oberfrohna (district of Zwickau) during a drug search.
A drug stash with remnants of marijuana was discovered in a school toilet, the Zwickau police department announced on Thursday.
In addition, the officials found individual cannabis consumption units and utensils for drug use in some young people.
School searches reveal drug stashes
Munich police even deeper in the drug swamp - further charges filed
The Munich public prosecutor's office has almost ended its investigation into the police drug scandal.
The extent of the misconduct is probably greater than expected.
Munich police even deeper in the drug swamp - further charges filed
The accused are said to have housed people who are illegally staying in Germany in apartments and provided them with vehicles.
In addition to documents and storage media, the officers also seized prohibited items, such as pyrotechnics, a butterfly knife and around 60 kilograms of non-ferrous metal, which was presumably stolen.
If convicted, the accused could face up to ten years' imprisonment.
dpa