Frankfurt am Main/Dortmund/Altenkirchen and Northeim districts – In three independent investigations, officers from the Frankfurt am Main customs investigation office found a total of 17 firearms requiring a license, 2,312 rounds of ammunition, ten prohibited items (2 knives, 8 brass knuckles) and 2,711 prohibited pyrotechnic items from three suspects ensured.
The investigations are directed against an 81-year-old from the Northeim district (Lower Saxony), a 54-year-old from Dortmund and a 46-year-old from the Altenkirchen district (Rhineland-Palatinate), who independently sold illegal firearms and ammunition worth should have ordered and purchased a total of 25,000 euros. The seizures were made at the end of May and June 2017 during searches of the accused's apartments.
The criminal proceedings against the three accused, which were conducted under the direction of the General Public Prosecutor's Office in Frankfurt am Main and the North Rhine-Westphalia Cybercrime Central and Contact Point (ZAC NRW) at the Cologne public prosecutor's office, were initiated in spring 2017 and are the subject of the work of a six-member investigative commission from the Frankfurt Customs Investigation Office am Main, which has been taking targeted action against organized trafficking and smuggling of illegal firearms since April 2016.
“A particularly dangerous situation arose for our emergency services with the 81-year-old from the Northeim district, who kept some of the firearms seized from him ready to fire in his access area. According to him, he wanted to be prepared for all eventualities, hence his arsenal of weapons,”
said Hans-Jürgen Schmidt, spokesman for the Frankfurt am Main customs investigation office.
The seizures in detail: District of Northeim, 81-year-old: 7 firearms, 120 rounds of ammunition Dortmund, 54-year-old: 10 firearms, 1,562 rounds of ammunition, 2,711 pyrotechnic objects. Altenkirchen district, 46-year-old: 630 rounds of ammunition, 2 knives, 8 brass knuckles
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