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Die Ermittlungen wegen des Verdachts des organisierten Waffen- und Rauschgifthandels laufen bei der Staatsanwaltschaft Köln sowie der Zentral- und Ansprechstelle für die Verfolgung Organisierter Straftaten in Nordrhein-Westfalen (ZeOS NRW).
In Nordrhein-Westfalen und Rheinland-Pfalz laufen seit dem frühen Morgen Polizeieinsätze gegen organisierten Waffen- und Rauschgifthandel. Beteiligt seien Spezialeinheiten der Polizei, teilten Staatsanwaltschaft und Polizei Köln mit. Die Durchsuchungen hätten um 6.00 Uhr morgens begonnen. Unter anderem soll es Einsätze im Großraum Köln-Mülheim geben.
Genauere Angaben zu den Einsatzorten machte die Polizei nicht. Beteiligt an den Maßnahmen seien das Polizeipräsidium Köln sowie das Bundeskriminalamt in NRW und Rheinland-Pfalz, hieß es.
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Hintergrund seien bei der Staatsanwaltschaft Köln sowie der Zentral- und Ansprechstelle für die Verfolgung Organisierter Straftaten in Nordrhein-Westfalen (ZeOS NRW) anhängige Ermittlungen wegen des Verdachts des organisierten Waffen- und Rauschgifthandels.
Die Einsatzmaßnahmen würden vermutlich noch länger dauern, hieß es. Staatsanwaltschaft und Polizei Köln wollen daher erst am Freitag um 11.00 Uhr im Polizeipräsidium Köln in einer Pressekonferenz zum Einsatz und Stand des in Köln anhängigen Ermittlungsverfahrens berichten.
A 14-year-old girl and three young men died in a serious traffic accident near Biesenthal in the Barnim district after a driver crashed into three mopeds while overtaking.
A 14-year-old girl and three young men aged 16 to 19 died in a traffic accident in Brandenburg. According to police, the 61-year-old driver wanted to overtake cars in front of him and collided with mopeds in oncoming traffic. The car overturned and burned out. The driver was seriously injured and flown to Berlin by rescue helicopter.
A week after the failed execution attempt on Christa Pike in Tennessee, Texas carried out a death sentence with pentobarbital. The 46-year-old man was executed for a 2000 robbery, while Pike is being treated in hospital after her botched execution.
A 58-year-old man died in a fire in an apartment in Ergolding, Lower Bavaria. The fire department rescued him from the flames, but he died on site. The roof structure and an apartment were completely on fire and the extinguishing work took all night.
In the US state of Texas, 46-year-old Jamaal Howard was executed for murder. It is the first execution in the United States since the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee last week. Howard shot a woman and stole $114 during a robbery in 2000. His lawyers tried unsuccessfully to stop the execution. Texas has already executed seven people this year and has two more executions scheduled for November.
In the murders of Marion Baier (1973) and Sonja Hurler (1981), DNA traces were found on a light green and white checked blouse that could be assigned to both victims. The investigations in Fürth and Kempten are starting again, with a yellow Porsche being pursued as an important lead. Around 830 clues are being processed in Fürth, with the hope of finding new clues from the population.