Police strike: arrests in Kalk and Höhenberg!
Police strike: arrests in Kalk and Höhenberg!
The focus team has once again become active in Cologne. On Thursday, July 17th, the police carried out a focus campaign in the districts of Kalk and Höhenberg. Several people were targeted by the law enforcement officers. Two alleged thieves were caught, which were observed around 3:40 p.m. in a parking lot on Vorsterstrasse. The two men, aged 41 and 43, were busy sorting thiefs when the police intervened. During the search of the older, the officials found an Applewatch, an MP3 player and a car key, while his accomplice had cash in the form of US dollar and euro note as well as a charging cable. These objects came from two previously broken vehicles in the area and from a handbag that had already been stolen in June of a 49-year-old woman. It is interesting that one of the captured debit cards has already been paid eight times. Both men were careless and were arrested.
But the arrests did not end here. At around 6.20 p.m., a 33-year-old man was checked on an e-scooter on Germaniastraße. The joke: he had no valid insurance license plate and tried to hide a consumer unit during the control. During a drug start, it turned out that this was not his only problem, because there was already an arrest warrant against him. His attempt to flee failed and he was taken to the police headquarters.
controls in downtown Cologne
The control came into another significant light, because in 2023 a total of around 347,000 cases of drug crime were recorded in Germany. Special attention is paid to cannabis, which has been partially legal since April 1, 2024, but continues to make up most of the drug cases. 208,000 of these cases concerned cannabis, and the proportion of these cases remains consistently high. A total of around 55,500 drug trade offenses were registered in Germany in 2023, which illustrates the relevance and the challenges of drug crime at a glance.
social challenge
Drug crime is not only a legal problem, but also a great health and social challenge. The number of drug deaths in Germany rose to around 2,230 in 2023, and this is often the result of long -term damage to health due to excessive drug use. The situation is also exacerbated by the smuggling of illegal narcotics, which causes additional problems in many cities.
SoCologne does not remain a protected space when it comes to drug crime. However, the ongoing controls and arrests show that the police are determined to counteract the hustle and bustle. It remains to be seen whether these measures actually help in the long term - but it is certain that there is still a lot of work ahead of us.
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