25 kilos of water pipe tobacco confiscated during searches
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25 kilos of water pipe tobacco confiscated during searches
According to the police, 25 kilos of water pipe tobacco were confiscated and two men arrested during raids on four Berlin bars. A police spokesman said that the searches in Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf on Saturday night involved a joint operation by customs, the regulatory office and the State Criminal Police Office (LKA). The “Berliner Zeitung” had previously reported.
Berlin (dpa/bb). According to the police, 25 kilos of water pipe tobacco were confiscated and two men arrested during raids on four Berlin bars. A police spokesman said that the searches in Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf on Saturday night involved a joint operation by customs, the regulatory office and the State Criminal Police Office (LKA). The “Berliner Zeitung” had previously reported.
According to the police, around 65 emergency services were involved in the approximately six-hour campaign. They came across the untaxed hookah tobacco. The spokesman said it was now being investigated for tax fraud. In addition, violations of the restaurant ordinance were discovered.
The officers also came across a man against whom there were two arrest warrants. Another person was arrested for illegal residence.