At the end of 2021, the investigators became aware of the man from the Wels-Land district, and in mid-March 2022 a house search was carried out on the orders of the Wels public prosecutor. In addition to various narcotic paraphernalia, a prohibited weapon was also found in the 38-year-old’s apartment.
In addition, a key that the suspect had inserted led to an address in Wels. In the apartment in question, where a 27-year-old known to the office lives, a safe with two packets of cocaine, numerous clamp bags, a drug scale and other utensils for drug consumption were secured.
The 27-year-old and the 38-year-old were arrested. The younger of the two was eventually reported at large, while the older remained behind bars. The 38-year-old was finally able to prove the sale of around one kilogram of cocaine at a street value in the six-digit euro range, the police said on Friday.
Source: Nachrichten