Three men aged between 17 and 38 were arrested at Frankfurt Airport on 1 October. Officers from the Frankfurt Customs Investigation Office and the Hessian State Criminal Police Office detained them as they allegedly tried to smuggle 22 kilograms of cocaine into the country.
An investigation commissioned by the Wiesbaden Public Prosecutor’s Office had been conducted covertly since July 2026. Investigators identified cocaine smuggling in suitcases and cardboard boxes and identified the three suspects.
The group is accused of smuggling and dealing in at least 590 kilograms of cocaine. At the end of August, a drug courier was arrested while taking possession of 130 kilograms of cocaine.
