Several Arrests After Drug Raids in Vienna: 1.6 Kilos of Cocaine Seized

Officers of the Task Force for Combating Street Crime (EGS) managed to prevent a drug trade on Tuesday and provisionally arrested three suspects in Vienna. The individuals are Bulgarian nationals aged 26 and 32.

House Searches in Vienna

During house searches in Vienna apartments, which the men used as drug hideouts, cash in the low five-figure range and over 1.6 kilograms of cocaine were found and seized. One suspect resisted arrest and fell down a stairwell together with
an EGS officer. Both were injured, and the officer had to step down from duty. Further investigations are ongoing.

Two More Drug Dealers Provisionally Arrested in Vienna

Another EGS group managed to stop and provisionally arrest two more drug dealers in public spaces. The suspects are a Somali and a Serbian national (aged 24 and 23). Several grams of cocaine as well as nearly 150 grams of marijuana and cannabis resin were seized. In one case, an exclusion order for the Yppenplatz protection zone was also issued.

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