Duo now in custody

Drug dealers also sold illegal sexual enhancers

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/LPD Salzburg)

1.8 kilograms of cannabis, 20,000 euros in cash, 18 packs of illegal sexual enhancers, plus cocaine, hashish and ecstasy! Police now put a stop to drug dealers in Pinzgau ...

The investigation began back in March and eight men had been in the police's sights for months. The police arrested six people - all of them men aged between 23 and 40 from Bosnia, Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria living in Pinzgau. 

During house searches, 1.8 kilograms of cannabis, 20,000 euros in cash, 18 packs of illegal sexual enhancers, as well as cocaine, hashish and ecstasy were seized. In addition, the police found twelve cannabis plants in bloom, numerous data carriers, drug scales and large quantities of packaging material in the home of a 23-year-old.

Several criminal offenses
The eight suspects were found to have sold at least 24 kg of herbal cannabis, 1.2 kg of cocaine and 12.6 kg of speed in the past year alone. The sales value amounts to a mid-six-figure sum. The police also seized manslayers, tasers, stun guns, throwing stars and knives in the apartments.

The detectives also cleared up two cases of suppression of documents and violent offenses such as aggravated coercion, continued use of force with grievous bodily harm, dangerous threats and deprivation of liberty.

Two men are still in custody
In the course of the investigations, the detectives tracked down 60 drug users throughout Pinzgau. Two men aged 23 and 40 are being held in Salzburg prison, the other suspects are still at large.