The Federal Criminal Police Office confirmed reports in this regard in the Spanish media to the APA on Friday. Accordingly, the 44-year-old was caught in Arrecife. He may have lived on the island under a false identity. He was wanted on suspicion of drug trafficking and money laundering through real estate.
The man is suspected of being a member of the “Gummy Bear Gang”. The group, which was busted a little over a year ago, is said to be a German-Austrian drug joint venture and is said to have laced gummy bears and other sweets with THC, the main active ingredient in cannabis. Following tips from the Main Customs Office in Nuremberg and the Customs Investigation Office in Munich, the authorities in Austria carried out numerous raids and arrested four suspects – three Germans in Vienna and an Austrian in Spain. A search was underway for a fifth gang member – presumably the one now arrested on Lanzarote.
- From the archive: Drug gang hid drugs in gummy bears
During the house searches in Vienna, drug investigators discovered more than 178 kilograms of cannabis herb, around 14 kilograms of cannabis powder, ten liters of cannabis oil and more than 10,000 pieces of confectionery laced with cannabis oil. A variety of utensils for producing the THC-containing products were also confiscated: The “Gummy Bear Gang” had converted an apartment with a cannabis press, industrial air filter and centrifuges into a workshop for “hash cookies” & Co. According to the spokesman, the tools used to produce drugs were worth almost 100,000 euros. The police put the street value of the seized cannabis alone at more than two million euros.
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