False front door

Pure coincidence: police discover cannabis plantation

Pure coincidence: officers seized drugs, cash and a knuckleduster.(Bild: LPD Salzburg)

Inspector Chance was successful in Hallein (Salzburg)! The police wanted to question a woman in her apartment on Saturday, but knocked on the wrong door. The officers were astonished, because a cannabis plantation was hidden behind it.

Police officers in Hallein actually wanted to question a witness in a different matter on Friday. When they arrived at the residential address, an apartment building, the officers noticed that there were no nameplates on the doors. So they knocked on the wrong door of the neighboring apartment by mistake.

Cannabis grow tent
A 25-year-old Italian man opened the front door. In addition to the mistake of the wrong apartment door, the police also noticed a strong smell of cannabis coming from inside the apartment. They could also see parts of the living area and a cannabis grow tent installed there from the front door.

The police could already see the grow tent from the front door.(Bild: LPD Salzburg)

During a subsequent search of the house, a total of ten cannabis plants ready for harvesting, another growing tent still in its original packaging, numerous items typical of narcotics such as pipes and smoking devices for narcotics consumption as well as precision scales for weighing the narcotics were found.

Drugs, brass knuckles and cash
In addition to these objects, the police also seized a total quantity of 270 grams of ready-to-use cannabis flowers and approx. 0.6 grams of MDMA, a prohibited weapon (knuckleduster) and cash of around 1,300 euros. The money is suspected to have been obtained from the sale of narcotics.

The accused confessed for the most part. He was reported at large and a weapons ban was issued against him.