DRUG WAR IN NRW: Kidnappings, explosions! "Like a bad movie!" Authorities alarmed!
According to investigators, a hostage-taking and several explosions in North Rhine-Westphalia are linked to a dispute in the drug milieu. Six suspects were remanded in custody on Saturday, as the police in Cologne announced on Monday. A special task force had freed two hostages from a residential building in Cologne on Friday. The six suspects were subsequently arrested.
Investigators assume that there is a connection between the hostage-taking and several explosions in the region in recent weeks. The three explosions took place at the end of June and beginning of July in Cologne, in Engelskirchen in the Oberberg district and in Duisburg.
According to the current state of the investigation, the background to the crimes is a violent confrontation between two groups of perpetrators following a dispute over a drugs deal. Drugs worth millions are said to have been misappropriated during the deal. The investigation also led to the Netherlands. Further details could not be given for tactical investigation reasons, it was further stated.
It is still unclear whether an explosion in Solingen last week is also connected to the dispute. This is also being investigated. There were still no indications of a possible political background to the explosions.
Five of the arrested suspects are suspected of joint hostage-taking and dangerous bodily harm, the sixth is said to have aided and abetted the hostage-taking. Another suspect was also arrested on Sunday in connection with the hostage-taking. He was to be brought before a magistrate on Monday.
WELT reporter Greta Wagener reports from Cologne.
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