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This is why Styria is a drug hotspot

Erich Schnedl from the Styrian Criminal Police Office knows how the drug gangs operate in our country.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Canva, zVg)

The amount of cocaine seized in Europe is increasing year on year. Styrian police officers are also feeling the effects. Chief drug investigator Erich Schnedl tells the "Krone" how professional gangs operate here and why Styria in particular is a hotspot.

Between the end of 2022 and the beginning of this year, a drug gang distributed 39 kilos of cocaine and 17 kilos of heroin, among other things, before narcotics investigators from Styria and Carinthia put a stop to it. A cinematic punchline: the heads of the Balkan clan were pulling the strings from their cells in the Karlau.