Drug smuggling at Bad Bentheimer Bahnhof: 18-year-old arrested!

Drug smuggling at Bad Bentheimer Bahnhof: 18-year-old arrested!

Bahnhof Bad Bentheim, 48455 Bad Bentheim, Deutschland - On February 28, 2025, the federal police arrested an 18-year-old alleged drug smuggler at the Bad Bentheim train station in the Grafschaft Bentheim district. The young man was taken up when he arrived from the Netherlands by train to Germany. He took a backpack in which almost 3,000 prescription tablets and 320 Ecstasy pills and a small amount of cocaine were hidden. The main substance of the medicinal products, Pregabalin, is often abused and is known as a intoxication.

The arrest took place as part of regular control, which took place shortly before 10 p.m. Loud ndr.de no longer valid Dutch identity map for asylum seekers. After the arrest, he was temporarily taken into custody and handed over to the customs investigation office in Essen.

Investigations and further steps

The public prosecutor's office Osnabrück requested that the suspect to be presented to a judge at the Nordhorn District Court. This issued an arrest warrant and ordered pre -trial detention. The investigation will continue by the Zoll investigator Essen at the office in Nordhorn. According to news.de to determine the drug milieu and clarify the background of the smuggling.