M.ore than 250 special police forces searched 16 objects belonging to a rocker group in Cologne and Pulheim early on Tuesday morning. The background is a preliminary investigation into attempted murder, which was initiated after shooting a former “Hells Angels” member (31) in Cologne’s old town in October, the public prosecutor and the Cologne police said. The investigations are currently directed against 15 men between the ages of 23 and 51, all of whom are members of the local group “Hells Angels MC Honorfield”.
In addition to numerous special units, riot police and explosive detection dogs are in use, it said. During the searches, evidence should be secured and specifically searched for the possible weapon. There were no arrest warrants. First the “Bild” newspaper reported.
International procedure
In the attack on the 31-year-old man, one of the suspects is said to have fired at least three shots, according to the police. One of the floors hit a bystander’s apartment through the shutters. Nobody was injured.
At the same time, police forces in North Rhine-Westphalia took action against gang money laundering in another procedure on Tuesday morning. That said a spokeswoman for the Duisburg public prosecutor’s office. The procedure will be coordinated from Duisburg. The spokeswoman did not initially provide any further information.
According to dpa information from security circles, it is an international procedure because of suspected gang and commercial money laundering. The law enforcement agency of the European Union, Europol, is involved. There are also search warrants in Italy, Switzerland, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Several arrest warrants were to be executed in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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